Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia dad "One of my favorite writers

"One of my favorite writers

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Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia dad "One of my favorite writersSpace obsessed 12 year old Paola Santiago and her two best friends, Emma and Dante, know the rule: Stay away from the river. It's all they've heard since a schoolmate of theirs drowned a year ago. Pao is embarrassed to admit that she has been told to stay away for even longer than that, because her mother is constantly warning her about La Llorona, the wailing ghost woman who wanders the banks of the Gila at night, looking for young people to drag