Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia exclude an unsalvageable tragedy

an unsalvageable tragedy

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let alone monetizing it

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Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia exclude an unsalvageable tragedySpace 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