![]() In Clap When You Land, Camino and her aunt live in the Dominican. ![]() These parts of history that get sidelined for more important stories but still need to be told. I was twenty-six years old when this happened, an adult, and I have no memory of this in the days and months that I watched the news following September 11. Ninety percent of the people who died (260 people on board) were Dominican, and it remains the United State’s second-deadliest aviation crash in history. Because the flight’s demise had nothing to do with terrorism, it was quickly forgotten by the press. She was thirteen when it crashed in Queens, just two months after September 11. Acevedo pays homage to the country of the Dominican Republic and the remembrance of flight AA587. Clap When You Land is no exception, and its power lies within the strength of two girls, on two continents, separated by an ocean. ![]() ![]() I found it fascinating that with so few words, I could feel so much strength and importance in what someone wrote. If you can’t tell already, I have a bit of a library crush/author crush/ girl crush on Acevedo that started with the Poet X. Her writing is meant to be heard and spoken aloud so the reader can fully immerse themselves in her medium. I finished this ARC in March, I re-read it today, and I’ll be listening to it as soon as possible because if there is one thing you should do with an Acevedo book, it’s listen. ![]()
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