Dreams are like the pieces of fluff that get caught in your hair;
they stand out for a moment,
but eventually you wash them away,
or long fingers reach in
& pluck them out
& you appear as what everyone expects.
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.
Publisher: Quill Tree Books
Date: May 5, 2020
Language: English
Paperback: 424 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0062882769
Reading age: 14+
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.
Assault
Attempted rape
Attempted sexual assault
Cheating
Death
Grief
Parental separation
Plane crash
Premature labour
Risk of child death (neonatal)
Sexual assault a minor recounted & attempted rape of a minor (on-page)
Sexual harassment
Sex trafficking
Threat of forced sex work
Coming out themes
Pregnancy discussed
Premature childbirth scene & resuscitation of a newborn
Emesis
Cancer mentioned (minor secondary character)
Stalking
Plane crash (off-page but discussed throughout the novel)
Poverty themes
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