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What it's about: Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo is a novel told in verse about a plane crash that robs two girls of their father but gives them the gift of each other. Each summer, Camino Rios looks forward to her father visiting her in the Dominican Republic, but after learning his plane has crashed, Camino realizes her father had another life she knew nothing about.

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo ($16)