![]() ![]() On top of losing her father, Camino must figure out how to keep her dream of going to college in the US and becoming a doctor, which seems impossible now without the financial help and protection her father was providing. Both must deal with the grief of losing a parent as well as the hurt and anger of discovering he had part of a life with another family.Īcevedo reveals the complexity of the situation and the emotions left in its wake. Both girls have the same father they find this out when his plane crashes en route to the Dominican Republic for his annual summer trip and there are no survivors. Her father goes to the Dominican Republic every summer for work. ![]() Yahaira Rios lives in New York with her parents. Her father lives and works in New York the remainder of the year the plan has been to bring Camino to the United States for college after she graduates. Her mother has died and she lives with her maternal aunt. It does not disappoint!Camino Rios lives in the Dominican Republic. I could easily have read it in one sitting, but I pulled it out to a few days so I could really savor it. ![]() ![]() I am such a huge fan of Elizabeth’s Acevedo’s work! I was so excited to get my hands on Clap When You Land when it came out. When you touch down on this soil, you must clap when you land….” The old lady in the seat beside me said in Spanish, & a smattering of passengers erupted into applause. That my heart plummeted in my chest, but when we were slowing & there was a moment when the wheels first touched down ![]()
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