This is the story of two girls with intertwined lives though neither knows of the other.
Told in verse style we learn of Camino who lives in the Dominican Republic and in New York Yahaira.
Both girls are sisters though are kept separate by their father's double life and secrets.
Until that is one day both suffer a tragic loss, their father has died in a plane crash and through circumstance their father's skeletons are out of the closet.
Both suffering with their own grief they now learn they have a sister and it's a learning process to adjust to that.
From totally different backgrounds this is a fascinating tale of how family can find each other across time and distance, build new relationships and heal from the tragedies that have gone before.
This was amazing and I just couldn't put it down, I had to know what happened next so read it in less than a day.
One of the best YA novels I have read for a while and definitely going to look at the authors's other work.
Told in verse style we learn of Camino who lives in the Dominican Republic and in New York Yahaira.
Both girls are sisters though are kept separate by their father's double life and secrets.
Until that is one day both suffer a tragic loss, their father has died in a plane crash and through circumstance their father's skeletons are out of the closet.
Both suffering with their own grief they now learn they have a sister and it's a learning process to adjust to that.
From totally different backgrounds this is a fascinating tale of how family can find each other across time and distance, build new relationships and heal from the tragedies that have gone before.
This was amazing and I just couldn't put it down, I had to know what happened next so read it in less than a day.
One of the best YA novels I have read for a while and definitely going to look at the authors's other work.