Review: The Tear Collector by R.M. Romero
The Tear Collector
R.M. Romero
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published October 14, 2025
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About The Tear Collector
This darkly fantastical climate change tale explores hope, memory, and what really makes a monster—set after the end of the world.
Climate change culminated in the Flood, an enormous wave that wiped out entire countries. Malka and her younger brother Ezra survived and now live with Dr. Jonas Hollman on the Island, the only piece of land left on Earth. Scavenging useful things from the shoreline under the watchful eye of the Island’s sinister leader Mr. … Continue reading




















