First published 2020
Camino Rios waits at the airport in the Dominican Republic for her father's summer visit. Instead of his arrival, she finds crowds of weeping people and learns his plane has crashed. Meanwhile in New York City, Yahaira Rios sits in the principal's office as her mother delivers devastating news. Their father, their hero, is dead. The two girls have never met. They live in different countries, separated by their father's double life and the secrets he kept from both families. Now they must navigate their grief in a world where the man who anchored their lives no longer exists. As they process their loss, Camino and Yahaira discover something that changes everything: they have each other. Elizabeth Acevedo tells their story in verse, exploring how death can reveal hidden truths and how the bonds between family members can form even after tremendous loss. The sisters must decide whether their father's deception will divide them or whether they can forge a connection that transcends the pain of his betrayal.
Genres: literary-fiction, contemporary, young-adult, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, lyrical
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Dominican Republic, New York City
Period: contemporary
432 pages · Hardcover · HarperTeen