Family, Grief and Belonging in Elizabeth Acevedo's "Clap When You Land"

Update: 2021-02-20

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Host Coral Santana and Community Builder Mikaela Joy discuss Elizabeth Acevedo's novel Clap When You Land.

Camino Rios lives with her aunt in the Dominican Republic, and waits all year for her dad to visit her for the summer. Yahaira Rios lives in New York with her parents, and asks every year if she can go with her dad on his annual business trip. Neither sister knows about the other — until their dad dies in a plane crash leaving New York for the Dominican Republic.

Content Warning: Death, Airplane Crash, Sexual Harassment.

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Family, Grief and Belonging in Elizabeth Acevedo's "Clap When You Land"

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Family, Grief and Belonging in Elizabeth Acevedo's "Clap When You Land"