The release date for the English version of 'Clap When You Land' by
Elizabeth Acevedo is May 2020. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
National Book Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo explores the devastating effects of bereavement, the challenges of forgiveness, and the bittersweet relationships that form our lives in a novel-in-verse that is brimming with sadness and love.
Camino Rios looks forward to her father's summertime travels to the Dominican Republic all year long. However, when Camino gets at the airport on the day his aircraft is scheduled to land, he finds masses of people in tears.
Yahaira Rios is summoned to the principal's office in New York City, where her mother is waiting to inform her that her idol, her father, has perished in an aircraft accident.
The two sisters are forced to accept a new world in which their father has passed away and their lives have been irrevocably changed. They are separated by distance as well as Papi's secrets.
They then get to know one another just as it seems like they have lost everything related to their father.