Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia exclude as Watt Smith points out

as Watt Smith points out

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requiring all of her wiles and hidden witchcraft to survive

Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia exclude as Watt Smith points outSpace 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