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Title: Last Cuentista
Author: Donna Barba Higuera
ISBN: 9781646140893
Publisher: Levine Querido
Published: 2021
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 336
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
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Winner of the Newbery Medal–a brilliant journey through the stars, to the very heart of what makes us human.
“Gripping in its twists and turns, and moving in its themes — truly a beautiful cuento.”–New York Times 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?
P R A I S E “Clever and compelling … wonderfully subversive.”
–The Wall Street Journal ★ “This tale packs a wallop. Exquisite.”
–Kirkus Reviews (starred) ★ “Gripping, euphonious, and full of storytelling magic.”
–Publishers Weekly (starred) ★ “A strong, heroic character, fighting incredible odds to survive and protect others.”
–School Library Journal (starred)
A W A R D S Winner of the John Newbery Medal
Winner of the Pura Belpré Award
BEST OF THE YEAR TIME – Wall Street Journal – Minneapolis Star Tribune’s – Boston Globe – BookPage – Publishers Weekly – School Library Journal – Kirkus – Bank Street – Chicago Public Library – New York Public Library
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