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Sep 09, 2020
This lyrical book written in verse alternates between the perspectives of sisters Camino and Yahaira Rios. Early on in the book, their father is killed in a plane crash when he is flying to the Dominican Republic for his annual trip home from New York City. The sisters do not even know of each other's existence until the funeral. Recently placed as a young adult finalist for the Kirkus Prize in the Young Readers’s category, Clap When You Land explores the themes of love, loss and what makes a family.