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The stunning New York Times bestselling novel from the 2019 Carnegie Medal winning, Waterstones Book Prize shortlisted author of THE POET X. 2020 Goodreads Choice Award Winner of CLAP WHEN YOU LAND.
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.
In a dual narrative novel in verse that brims with both grief and love, award-winning and bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo writes about the devastation of loss, the difficulty of forgiveness, and the bittersweet bonds that shape our lives. Elizabeth Acevedo is the New York Times bestselling and 2019 Carnegie Medal winning author of THE POET X. She is also the author of WITH THE FIRE ON HIGH, CLAP WHEN YOU LAND, and the winner of, amongst others, the National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Fiction. Elizabeth resides in Washington, DC with her family. The second poignant, powerful and passionate novel in verse from the 2019 Carnegie Medal winning, Waterstones Book Prize shortlisted author of THE POET X. 2020 Goodreads Choice Award Winner of CLAP WHEN YOU LAND. The second novel in verse from the 2019 Carnegie Medal winning and Waterstones Book Prize shortlisted author of THE POET X Clap When You Land is loosely inspired by the real life event of the American Airlines flight 587. In 2001 flight AA 587 was travelling to the Dominican Republic and crashed in Queens, New York, killing two hundred and sixty people; over ninety per cent of the passengers were of Dominican descent and returning home. CLAP WHEN YOU LAND is a NYT bestseller Publication to be supported by author tour - Elizabeth will come to the UK in May/June Elizabeth Acevedo secured New York Times bestseller listings for both her first novels - THE POET X and WITH THE FIRE ON HIGH Elizabeth has won multiple awards in the USA for THE POET X, including the National Book Award, the Michael L. Printz Award and the Pura Belpre Award Selected for the 2020 NPR's Book Concierge list
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.
In a dual narrative novel in verse that brims with both grief and love, award-winning and bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo writes about the devastation of loss, the difficulty of forgiveness, and the bittersweet bonds that shape our lives. Elizabeth Acevedo is the New York Times bestselling and 2019 Carnegie Medal winning author of THE POET X. She is also the author of WITH THE FIRE ON HIGH, CLAP WHEN YOU LAND, and the winner of, amongst others, the National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Fiction. Elizabeth resides in Washington, DC with her family. The second poignant, powerful and passionate novel in verse from the 2019 Carnegie Medal winning, Waterstones Book Prize shortlisted author of THE POET X. 2020 Goodreads Choice Award Winner of CLAP WHEN YOU LAND. The second novel in verse from the 2019 Carnegie Medal winning and Waterstones Book Prize shortlisted author of THE POET X Clap When You Land is loosely inspired by the real life event of the American Airlines flight 587. In 2001 flight AA 587 was travelling to the Dominican Republic and crashed in Queens, New York, killing two hundred and sixty people; over ninety per cent of the passengers were of Dominican descent and returning home. CLAP WHEN YOU LAND is a NYT bestseller Publication to be supported by author tour - Elizabeth will come to the UK in May/June Elizabeth Acevedo secured New York Times bestseller listings for both her first novels - THE POET X and WITH THE FIRE ON HIGH Elizabeth has won multiple awards in the USA for THE POET X, including the National Book Award, the Michael L. Printz Award and the Pura Belpre Award Selected for the 2020 NPR's Book Concierge list