Petra alone now carries the stories of our past, and with them, any hope for our future. They have systematically purged the memories of all aboard – or purged them altogether. A sinister Collective has taken over the ship during its journey, bent on erasing the sins of humanity’s past. Light-years from home, Petra must use her love of storytelling to fight for the future of humanity in The Last Cuentista, Donna Barba Higueras powerful. Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet – and the discovery that she is the only person who remembers Earth. They are the ones who must carry on the human race. Earth will soon be 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. There lived a girl named Petra Pena, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. Kirkus called the book an exquisite tonic for storytellers far and wide. “Gripping in its twists and turns, and moving in its themes – truly a beautiful cuento.”- NEW YORK TIMES The Last Cuentista is a middle-grade dystopian novel by Donna Barba Higuera. The incredible Newbery Medal-winning novel from Donna Barba Higuera. There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. Red Lion Books Book Club Choice (October 2022), Age 14+Īn journey through the stars, to the very heart of what makes us human.
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