paola santiago and the forest of nightmares

It was especially fun to truly get to know Emma, since she was absent for most of the first book. I also enjoyed reading about the other characters, both those we’d met before and those new to this story. Pao is an exciting and complex character, and I loved following her journey to discover who she truly is. With this sequel, Tehlor Kay Mejia has proven that there is so much more to discover about Pao, her family and friends, and the void than we readers had ever thought possible. If you thought you knew everything about Paola Santiago and her world, think again. She embarks on a quest to get some answers, but with nothing as it seems, Pao must dig deep within herself if she wants to save everyone she loves in time. Everything in Pao’s life seems like it’s falling apart, and when Dante’s abuela falls into a weird-probably magical-coma, Pao knows it’s up to her to fix it. Pao feels like she has no one to turn to, especially when her nightmares begin again, this time taking place in a mysterious forest and centering around the father she hasn’t seen since was three. Except now her best friends, Emma and Dante, are barely talking to her and her mom has a new, irritating boyfriend. After returning to her normal (read: boring) life, Pao hoped things with her friends and family would change for the better. Six months ago, Paola Santiago went on a death-defying adventure full of ghosts and creatures from the void. And Pao didn’t know how to change it back.”

Tehlor lives in Oregon where she grows heirloom corn and continues her quest to perfect the vegan tamale.” (Bio taken from author’s website.)įind Tehlor Kay Mejia on the following platforms: It was runner up for the Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award for Speculative fiction, awarded through Dartmouth College, was featured in Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, and O by Oprah Magazine’s best books of 2019 lists, and was a book of the year selection by Kirkus and School Library Journal.

Her debut novel received six starred reviews, and was chosen as an Indie’s Next Pick and a Junior Library Guild selection, as well as being an Indiebound regional bestseller. Her middle grade debut, Paola Santiago and the River of Tears, released from Rick Riordan Presents in 2020 with its sequel Paola Santiago and the Forest of Nightmares to come in 2021. Paola Santiago and the Forest of Nightmares by Tehlor Kay MejiaĬoming Augfrom Rick Riordan Presents 336 pagesĬontent Warnings: Violence, racism, some graphic descriptions, fire, absent parent, hospitalization of a loved one, murder, death of a parentĪbout the Author: “Tehlor Kay Mejia is the author of the critically acclaimed young adult fantasy duology We Set the Dark On Fire and We Unleash the Merciless Storm.

Paola santiago and the forest of nightmares