Inscribed on the memorial it says “Después no quiero más que paz”/ “After this all I want is peace.”īut what about the people on the plane? What happened to those families? In Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo takes a magnifying glass on the Rios family and examines what happens after the news cycle ends and you’re left with each other. A memorial was built in Rockaway Park in Queens and life moved on. It quickly faded away in the news cycle and the investigation determined that it was a mechanical issue. The Empire State Building, United Nations, and other buildings were evacuated. Because of when it happened people thought it was a terrorist attack. 251 passengers and nine crew members died along with five people on the ground. If you like Acevedo’s book The Poet X, you will enjoy this one.On Novem– 61 days after 9/11 – American Airlines flight 587 going from New York City to Las Americas Airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic crashed in Queens. Some of the content is relatively mature, with topics regarding child predators and death.

I would recommend this book to readers 12 and older. But, I believe that the ending was a bit rushed, which, for me, ruined the flow of the novel. I liked the book because of the compelling characters and storyline. It is crazy how words have so much power and control over us. Our bodies are so strong, yet so fragile.

I loved this quote because it is so true. But how simple words can fill you up or pierce the air out of you.” How it inflates and deflates in order to keep you alive. I loved the beautifully poetic words that were displayed in this book. This is a stunning and well-written book. The narrators honestly flesh out their lives in such immense detail, it is amazing. You will cheer at their achievements and cringe at their pitfalls. Camino and Yahaira are such vibrant characters, they have wants, regrets, and complex backstories. This novel vibrates with energy, it gives you a feeling that you need to read it from start to finish in one sitting. This secret turns out to be life-altering, and both girls will change because of it. She loves spending time with her girlfriend and knows a secret she believes no one knows but her. Yahaira lives in New York with her Mami and her dad. It is an in-verse novel that switches back and forth between perspectives from the two main characters, Camino and Yahaira.Ĭamino is a young girl who lives in the Dominican Republic, spending her days in the water or helping her healer guardian, her Tia. The acclaimed novel Clap When You Land, by Elizabeth Acevedo, is one that proficiently weaves a triumphant story of two girls who are oceans apart, and by an unfortunate circumstance are brought together.

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