Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia exclude to Oxford University

to Oxford University

she just might find a way to preserve the skunkworks and reconcile with her sister

Why should anyone pay attention to what I had to say

Marooned in treacherous swamplands with no way out

Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia exclude to Oxford UniversitySpace 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