Paola Santiago #2: Paola Santiago and the Forest of Nightmares

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Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents the sequel to Tehlor Kay Mejia's critically acclaimed ghost story about science-obsessed Paola Santiago.

"Paola is a brilliant, furious girl who often trusts her brain but trips over her heart."--Sarah Gailey, Hugo and Locus award-winning author of River of Teeth

Six months after Paola Santiago confronted the legendary La Llorona, life is nothing like she'd expected it to be. She is barely speaking to her best friends, Dante and Emma, and what's worse, her mom has a totally annoying boyfriend. Even with her chupacabra puppy, Bruto, around, Pao can't escape the feeling that she's all alone in the world.

Pao has no one to tell that she's having nightmares again, this time set in a terrifying forest. Even more troubling? At their center is her estranged father, an enigma of a man she barely remembers. And when Dante's abuela falls mysteriously ill, it seems that the dad Pao never knew just might be the key to healing the eccentric old woman.

Pao's search for her father will send her far from home, where she will encounter new monsters and ghosts, a devastating betrayal, and finally, the forest of her nightmares. Will the truths her father has been hiding save the people Pao loves, or destroy them?

Once again Tehlor Kay Mejia draws on her Mexican heritage to tell a wild and wondrous story that combines creatures from folklore with modern-day challenges.

Endorsed by Rick Riordan, author of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, soon to be a series on Disney+.

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# of Pages: 352

Book Binding: Paperback

Year of Publication: 2022

Publisher: Rick Riordan Presents

Language: en

ISBN: 9781368051606

Tehlor Kay Mejia is a Mexican-American author and Oregon native. She received her BA in English literature from Stanford University and a master's degree in creative writing from the University of California, Davis. Her debut novel, We Set the Dark on Fire, was named a best book of 2019 by Kirkus Reviews and School Library Journal. She is also the co-editor of the YA anthology, All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages. Mejia's writing often explores themes of identity, family, and social justice, and she is a strong advocate for diversity in literature. In addition to her writing, she also works as a freelance writer and consultant, and is a founding member of the Latinx in Publishing organization.