![]() ![]() She thinks about a time when a man assaulted her on the train. 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.Īnd then, when it seems like they’ve lost everything of their father, they learn of each other. Yahaira leaves a chess piece at her fathers memorial in front of his billiards in New York City. ![]() 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. ![]() Where Mami is inconsolable, Yahaira is stalwart, endeavoring through her pain to keep order in a world upended by sudden and shocking tragedy. We witness Yahaira’s analytical approach to chaos in comparison to her mother’s grief. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people. When their father dies in a plane crash they learn of each other for the first time. On the day she learns of her father’s death, Yahaira is picked up at school by Mami, Papi’s first wife. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people… Yahaira lives in New York with her father. 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.Ĭamino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. ![]()
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