![]() ![]() She thinks about other aspects of her life instead, like her history as a competitive chess player and her relationship with Dre, her girlfriend and next-door neighbor. Yahaira, meanwhile, refuses to acknowledge Papi’s death. Though he wants Camino to work for him, he leaves her alone when she ignores him-at least for now. But a pimp named El Cero, whom Papi has paid for years to leave Camino alone, appears on the beach. Camino tries grieve Papi by swimming at the beach, where Papi taught her to swim. Over the next few days, both Yahaira and Camino struggle with their grief. They walk home together and Yahaira, knowing that someone needs to be strong, answers phone calls and heats up dinner while Mami sobs in her room. Meanwhile, in New York, Yahaira’s mother comes to Yahaira’s school to tell Yahaira about Papi’s death. Now, she feels like she’s truly an orphan, as Mamá died of dengue fever almost a decade ago. Though they share the same father, Papi, neither knows the other exists.Ĭamino, who lives in the Dominican Republic with her aunt and caregiver, Tía Solana, discovers that Papi died in a plane crash when she skips school to meet him at the airport for his annual summer visit. Clap When You Land is told from 16-year-olds Yahaira and Camino’s alternating perspectives. ![]()
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