I don’t know if I can emphasize enough how much I love novels in verse. The way that poems can be used to imbue characterization and give life and breathe to alternating narratives is otherworldly. Camino and Yahaira are so differentiated by the style of poems yet as the story goes on their similarities come out as well. Going on this journey with them was uncomfortable, but so rewarding.
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.Â
Quill Tree Books, Amazon
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