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The Last Cuentista

Había una vez... There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. But Petra's world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children — among them Petra and her family — have been chosen to journey to a new planet. They are the ones who must carry on the human race.

Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet — and the discovery that she is the only person who remembers Earth. A sinister Collective has taken over the ship during its journey, bent on erasing the sins of humanity's past. They have systematically purged the memories of all aboard... or purged them altogether. Petra alone now carries the stories of our past, and with them, any hope for our future. Can she make them live again? From Pura Belpré Honor-winner Donna Barba Higuera comes a brilliant journey through the stars, to the very heart of what makes us human.

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"To survive the Collective’s fanaticism, Petra must play her part and participate in scouting missions on Sagan to help the Collective prepare for colonization. As she shares cuentos with other child passengers to stir their Earth memories, Petra concocts a plan to escape, seeking a rumored Collective-free colony of First Arrivers on Sagan. With poetic use of startling imagery and unabashed nostalgia, Higuera spins a tale that crosses the depths of space, interweaving Mexican folklore with a mystical strand of science fiction. It all works thanks to the author’s keen appreciation of storytelling’s role in shaping cultures, dreams, and lives. An overall slow burner, this tale packs a wallop." — Kirkus Reviews

Product Details

Recommended Age 10 - 13
Author Donna Barba Higuera
ISBN 1646140893
Publication Date Oct 12, 2021
Publisher Levine Querido
Award Winners Newbery Medal, Pura Belpré Award
Language English