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The Resource Paola Santiago and the river of tears, Tehlor Kay Mejia

Paola Santiago and the river of tears, Tehlor Kay Mejia

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  • In Silver Springs, Arizona, her mother's stories of the monstrous La Llorona are thrilling but unbelievable to science-loving Paola until she and her best friends Dante and Emma take a walk through a cactus field near the Gila River
  • "Space-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 into its murky depths. 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. But when Emma never arrives and Pao sees a shadowy figure in the reeds, it seems like maybe her mom was right. . . . 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." -- Publisher's description
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition
Extent
350 pages
Contents
  • Algae again
  • Tarot cards never tell you what's for dinner
  • Cold pizza and cold cases
  • Things you can't take back
  • Not blood
  • Stupid, snarky subconscious
  • Bad plans and big surprises
  • The last two people you'd ever expect to meet in a haunted cactus field
  • That moment you realize you mother was right all along
  • Does doing the right thing always involve so many demon Lizard-dogs?
  • One free night at the camp between worlds
  • The boy from apartment B
  • Out of hand
  • Meatheads and monsters
  • A dream within a dram within a dream
  • Truce with a side of abject humiliation
  • Stupid savior complex
  • How to get that supernatural glow
  • La hija de lágrimas
  • Someone get this paranormal beast a breath mint
  • This mouth is no metaphor
  • How to banish demons in ten easy steps
  • Even bigger dragon-lizard-dogs
  • The bloodthirsty stairs
  • Never cage a lechuza
  • And they say relentless is a bad thing
  • There's no halfway when you have to fight a villain
  • Rising water, rising panic
  • The source unmasked
  • Down the mythological drain
  • Lonely in a crowd
  • Just the beginning
  • Florida water, anyone?
Isbn
9781368049177
Instance
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Paola Santiago and the river of tears
Title
Paola Santiago and the river of tears
Statement of responsibility
Tehlor Kay Mejia
Title variation
Rick Riordan presents
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Language
eng
Summary
  • In Silver Springs, Arizona, her mother's stories of the monstrous La Llorona are thrilling but unbelievable to science-loving Paola until she and her best friends Dante and Emma take a walk through a cactus field near the Gila River
  • "Space-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 into its murky depths. 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. But when Emma never arrives and Pao sees a shadowy figure in the reeds, it seems like maybe her mom was right. . . . 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." -- Publisher's description
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Mejia, Tehlor Kay
Index
no index present
Intended audience
  • 008-012
  • 4-6
Intended audience source
  • Disney-Hyperion
  • Disney-Hyperion
Language note
In English
Literary form
fiction
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Riordan, Rick
Series statement
  • Paola Santiago
  • Rick Riordan presents
Series volume
book 1
Study program name
NO AR STANDARDS YET.
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  • Llorona (Legendary character)
  • Missing persons
  • Mexican Americans
  • Mythology, Mexican
  • Friendship
  • Llorona (Legendary character)
  • Supernatural
  • Mexican Americans
  • Horror stories
  • Llorona (Personnage légendaire)
  • Personnes disparues
  • Américains d'origine mexicaine
  • Mythologie mexicaine
  • Amitié
  • JUVENILE FICTION / Horror
  • JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship
  • JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / Caribbean & Latin American
  • Mythology, Mexican
  • Missing persons
  • Mexican Americans
  • Friendship
  • Llorona (Legendary character)
  • Llorona (Legendary character)
  • Friendship
  • Friendship
  • Monsters
  • Missing persons
  • Mexican Americans
  • Occult fiction
  • Horror fiction
  • Llorona (Legendary character)
  • Missing persons
  • Monsters
  • Mexican Americans
  • Supernatural
  • Arizona
  • Gila River (N.M. and Ariz.)
  • Arizona
  • Gila River (N.M. and Ariz.)
Target audience
pre adolescent
Label
Paola Santiago and the river of tears, Tehlor Kay Mejia
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Contents
Algae again -- Tarot cards never tell you what's for dinner -- Cold pizza and cold cases -- Things you can't take back -- Not blood -- Stupid, snarky subconscious -- Bad plans and big surprises -- The last two people you'd ever expect to meet in a haunted cactus field -- That moment you realize you mother was right all along -- Does doing the right thing always involve so many demon Lizard-dogs? -- One free night at the camp between worlds -- The boy from apartment B -- Out of hand -- Meatheads and monsters -- A dream within a dram within a dream -- Truce with a side of abject humiliation -- Stupid savior complex -- How to get that supernatural glow -- La hija de lágrimas -- Someone get this paranormal beast a breath mint -- This mouth is no metaphor -- How to banish demons in ten easy steps -- Even bigger dragon-lizard-dogs -- The bloodthirsty stairs -- Never cage a lechuza -- And they say relentless is a bad thing -- There's no halfway when you have to fight a villain -- Rising water, rising panic -- The source unmasked -- Down the mythological drain -- Lonely in a crowd -- Just the beginning -- Florida water, anyone?
Control code
1119979671
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First edition
Extent
350 pages
Isbn
9781368049177
Lccn
2019038724
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 505, 520
System control number
(OCoLC)1119979671
Label
Paola Santiago and the river of tears, Tehlor Kay Mejia
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Algae again -- Tarot cards never tell you what's for dinner -- Cold pizza and cold cases -- Things you can't take back -- Not blood -- Stupid, snarky subconscious -- Bad plans and big surprises -- The last two people you'd ever expect to meet in a haunted cactus field -- That moment you realize you mother was right all along -- Does doing the right thing always involve so many demon Lizard-dogs? -- One free night at the camp between worlds -- The boy from apartment B -- Out of hand -- Meatheads and monsters -- A dream within a dram within a dream -- Truce with a side of abject humiliation -- Stupid savior complex -- How to get that supernatural glow -- La hija de lágrimas -- Someone get this paranormal beast a breath mint -- This mouth is no metaphor -- How to banish demons in ten easy steps -- Even bigger dragon-lizard-dogs -- The bloodthirsty stairs -- Never cage a lechuza -- And they say relentless is a bad thing -- There's no halfway when you have to fight a villain -- Rising water, rising panic -- The source unmasked -- Down the mythological drain -- Lonely in a crowd -- Just the beginning -- Florida water, anyone?
Control code
1119979671
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First edition
Extent
350 pages
Isbn
9781368049177
Lccn
2019038724
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 505, 520
System control number
(OCoLC)1119979671

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