Through beautiful, lyrical, honest verse, Elizabeth Acevedo brings two estranged sisters to life as they grieve the loss of their father and find comfort in each other.
The book is inspired by the American Airlines flight crash in Queens, two months after 9/11, which ended the lives of 260 people, most of them Dominican. It handles such a topic with sensitivity and humanity, while exploring how the passengers' secrets came to light after their deaths, and how this might have affected their loved ones.
The book's protagonists are both strong, determined young women, struggling to grasp their dreams despite their situations. With family ties in both New York and the Dominican Republic, they must come to terms with belonging in two places at once. I love how as a reader you experience both POVs, comparing and contrasting the customs and communities of the two locations.
Acevedo does a thoroughly unique job of weaving together different cultures, immigrant experiences, girlhood hopes and worries and family ties that not even death can break. A fantastic read.
The book is inspired by the American Airlines flight crash in Queens, two months after 9/11, which ended the lives of 260 people, most of them Dominican. It handles such a topic with sensitivity and humanity, while exploring how the passengers' secrets came to light after their deaths, and how this might have affected their loved ones.
The book's protagonists are both strong, determined young women, struggling to grasp their dreams despite their situations. With family ties in both New York and the Dominican Republic, they must come to terms with belonging in two places at once. I love how as a reader you experience both POVs, comparing and contrasting the customs and communities of the two locations.
Acevedo does a thoroughly unique job of weaving together different cultures, immigrant experiences, girlhood hopes and worries and family ties that not even death can break. A fantastic read.