Paola was called the Dreamer, and she would have vivid dreams about people she knew. There were many dream-like scenes in this story. When Paola went on her search for her best friend, she found that the folktales that her mom would tell her were actually true.
She didn’t speak Spanish, and she was opposed to anything her mother liked. However, Paola was disconnected from her culture. Paola’s mother was superstitious and told Paola stories about terrifying legends. This story was rooted in Latinx folklore. Paola has always believed strictly in science and not her mother’s superstitions, but her search for Emma makes her realize that her mother’s stories may be closer to the truth than she ever guessed. After they make plans to meet there one evening, Emma doesn’t show up. Naturally, they make the river their regular meeting spot. Pao’s mother is superstitious and has also told her to stay away from the river so that she doesn’t meet La Llorona, a ghost woman who roams the river searching for young people to drag into the water. Twelve-year-old Paola Santiago and her friends Dante and Emma have been told to stay away from the river after a classmate drowned a year ago. Pao has always relied on hard science to make sense of the world, but to find her friend she will have to enter the world of her nightmares, which includes unnatural mist, mind-bending monsters, and relentless spirits controlled by a terrifying force that defies both logic and legend. But when Emma never arrives and Pao sees a shadowy figure in the reeds, it seems like maybe her mom was right.
Hating her mother’s humiliating superstitions and knowing that she and her friends would never venture into the water, Pao organizes a meet-up to test out her new telescope near the Gila, since it’s the best stargazing spot. 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 into its murky depths. It’s all they’ve heard since a schoolmate of theirs drowned a year ago. Space-obsessed 12-year-old Paola Santiago and her two best friends, Emma and Dante, know the rule: Stay away from the river. Title: Paola Santiago and the River of Tears
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