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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 devastating family secrets—the two teenage sisters 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. Camino in the Dominican Republic and Yahaira in New York City live separate lives, completely unaware that the father they both adore is the same man. When their father's plane crashes, both girls are plunged into a grief that unearths a lifetime of secrets and lies. Told from dual perspectives, this story unfolds in stunning, poetic verse that captures the heartbreak and hope of finding family. Forced to connect, Camino and Yahaira must navigate their shared sorrow and decide if they can forgive the hero who was also a stranger.