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librarybonanza 's review for:
Clap When You Land
by Elizabeth Acevedo
Age: High School+
Identity: Dominican & Dominican American
Tough Issues:
Acevedo has an amazing talent for writing in verse for teens. She moves a plot along, providing dialogue, character development, and suspense. But she also drops beautiful and heart-wrenching metaphors, while using visuals that encourage you to read the verse in profound ways.
All this being said, I wasn't swept away by this story like Acevedo's other books. The girls felt underdeveloped and the first half of the book was very slow-moving. Happy I read it, but not earth shakingly good.
Identity: Dominican & Dominican American
Tough Issues:
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Death of father, stalking, attempted rapeAcevedo has an amazing talent for writing in verse for teens. She moves a plot along, providing dialogue, character development, and suspense. But she also drops beautiful and heart-wrenching metaphors, while using visuals that encourage you to read the verse in profound ways.
All this being said, I wasn't swept away by this story like Acevedo's other books. The girls felt underdeveloped and the first half of the book was very slow-moving. Happy I read it, but not earth shakingly good.