Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

In a novel-in-verse that brims with grief and love, National Book Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo writes about the devastation of loss, the difficulty of forgiveness, and the bittersweet bonds that shape our lives.

Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people...

In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash.

Separated by distance--and Papi's secrets--the two girls are forced to face a new reality in which their father is dead and their lives are forever altered.

And then, when it seems like they've lost everything of their father, they learn of each other. 

Great for summer reading or anytime! Clap When You Land is a Today show pick for "25 children's books your kids and teens won't be able to put down this summer!"

Plus don't miss Elizabeth Acevedo's The Poet X and With the Fire on High!

Elizabeth Acevedo graduated from The George Washington University with a BA in Performing Arts and a MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Maryland. She is a Cave Canem Fellow, CantoMundo Fellow, and Callaloo Writer's Workshop participant, as well as a National Poetry Slam Champion. Her writing has been or will appear in the Notre Dame Review, Callaloo, Puerto Del Sol, Poet Lore, and Beltway Quarterly, among other publications. BEASTGIRLS & OTHER ORIGIN MYTHS, a finalist for the YesYes Books Vinyl 45 Contest, was released in October 2016, while Medusa Reads La Negra's Palm, the winner of the 2016 Berkshire Award, will be published by Tupelo Press. She currently resides in Washington, DC.