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Elizabeth Acevedo
Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. Yahaira Rios is a chess star in New York City who has never forgiven her father for his annual trips away. When a plane crash takes their father's life, the two sisters, who were unaware of each other's existence, are forced to face the secrets he kept and the truth about who they are. A novel in verse inspired by the crash of Flight 587 from New York to the Dominican Republic.
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- ISBN
- 9780062882769
- Edition
- HarperTeen
- Genre
- Miscellany
- Format
- Physical
- Pages
- 432
My thoughts
3.75 rounded up to 4/5 stars The body is a funny piece of meat. How it inflates and deflates in order to keep you alive. But how simple words can fill you up or pierce the air out of you. Once again, Acevado's book did not miss. And the fact that I kept juggling between the physical copy and the audiobook simply proves that it's perfect in both ways and forms. So, if you are somehow living under a rock and haven't come across Elizabeth Acevado's writing, pls pick this book up. It's hard-hitting, beautifully written, deep, and just perfect. How can you lose an entire person, only to gain a part of them back in someone entirely new? Book Trigger Warnings-plane crash. loss of a parent, attempted sexual assault, cheating
