We Are Both the Knife and the Pumpkin

The truth about the heart in "Clap When You Land"

What happens when life cuts deep?

How do we discover who we truly are?

Elizabeth Acevedo opens her book with a Dominican proverb that says "The heart of a pumpkin is only known by the knife." This saying asserts that the true essence of something is only revealed when it is put under pressure, cut open, or exposed. In Acevendo’s novel Clap When You Land…