Clap When You Land - Elizabeth Acevedo Audiobook

Written by Elizabeth Acevedo
Read by Elizabeth Acevedo, Melania-Luisa Marte
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Quill Tree Books
Release date: May 5, 2020
Duration: 05:32:57

An Odyssey Honor Audiobook

In a novel-in-verse that brims with grief and love, National Book Award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo writes about the devastation of loss, the difficulty of forgiveness, and the bittersweet bonds that shape our lives.

Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people…

In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal’s office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash.

Separated by distance—and Papi’s secrets—the two girls are forced to face a new reality in which their father is dead and their lives are forever altered.

And then, when it seems like they’ve lost everything of their father, they learn of each other.

“Melania-Luisa Marte narrates the first-person free verse of Camino, the Dominican daughter of a man who has died in a plane crash. Elizabeth Acevedo delivers the alternating verses of his other daughter, Yahaira, who lives in New York. Neither sister knows the other exists until their father’s death. Marte’s narration captures the lyricism of a young woman who assists her aunt, a healer; dreams of going to medical school; and avoids a dangerous local man. Acevedo’s portrayal of Yahaira is strong and passionate, depicting the logical mind of a chess player and the anger she has hidden since learning of her father’s second marriage. Both narrators create a beautiful duet of the girls’ raw and lingering grief, forgiveness of their beloved and imperfect father, and nascent sisterhood.”. –Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award � AudioFile