Clap When You Land

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Why I loved this book: I've said about her other books, but it's a little heartbreaking to me that I'm reading these as an adult. We learn that only through her father's life (and job) in the US were they able to have iron locks on their doors, running water in their home, and a working bathroom .

Here, we chat about our favorite (and sometimes least favorite) books, share recommendations on everything from what wine pairs best with that work of fiction to facemasks that make your non-fiction read even better, and live our best basic bookworm lives. Anytime a book discusses the grief of losing a parent it really hits me hard because that's a pain I can't even begin to imagine. This is so poignant, lyrical, heartfelt, well-conceived, true to life, sublime, extremely emotional novel about two sisters’ bounding story who never knew each other till an unexpected accident shatters their lives and takes their father away from them.

And Acevedo invites us into Camino's thoughts and innermost wishes: to move to the US to attend medical school. In a moment of hell, it spat out their saviour, a little piece of the Father still living in each of them. 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. A lyrical, heartfelt exploration of what it means to discover secrets, to find family, and to discover your own hidden resources in the face of great loss, and surprising joy.

In two distinct voices, Acevedo explores the rich inner lives of the sudden half-sisters as they grapple with their complicated feelings about their father and the secrets he kept. She is also the recipient of the Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Fiction, the CILIP Carnegie Medal, and the Boston Globe-Hornbook Award. There is economy and beauty in the language, demonstrated in an immersive narrative artfully told through verse. Clap When You Land is her newest release and you should definitely pick it up and feel all the emotions it will give you as it did for me.A tale of two sisters who only discover the other’s existence when their father dies in a plane crash – the journey he took between his two families. We also learn that Camino lives amongst hustlers, people her father gave money to to keep an eye on her.