![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() A sinister Collective has taken over the ship during its journey, bent on erasing the sins of humanity's past. Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet - and the discovery that she is the only person who remembers Earth. ![]() Her favorite childhood activities were calling the library's dial-a-story over and over again and sneaking into a restricted pioneers' cemetery to weave her own spooky tales using the crumbling headstones for inspiration. They are the ones who must carry on the human race. Donna Barba Higuera grew up in a tiny desert town in central California surrounded by agricultural and oil fields. Her middle grade dystopian novel, The Last Cuentista. 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. Her debut novel, Lupe Wong Wont Dance, was a Pura Belpr Award honor book and PNBA winner in 2021. There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita.īut Petra's world is ending. "Gripping in its twists and turns, and moving in its themes - truly a beautiful cuento." The incredible Newbery Medal-winning novel from Donna Barba Higuera. An unforgettable journey through the stars, to the very heart of what makes us human. ![]()
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