Last Cuentista
From Pura Belpré Honor-winner Donna Barba Higuera -- a brilliant journey through the stars, to the very heart of what makes us human.
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?
Target age group 10-13
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?
Target age group 10-13
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CategoryJuvenile Fiction
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Age Group9 to 12 yrs
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Grade Level3-5
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LanguageEnglish
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BindingHardcover
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Theme 1Science Fiction, Fantasy & Magic
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Theme 2Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Myths
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Detailed (BISAC) Subject/ThemeDystopian
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AwardsPura Belpre Award; Newbery medal
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AuthorHiguera, Donna Barba
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AR Level5.0
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DeweyFiction
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PublisherChronicle Books LLC (Hachette)
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Publication Date10/12/2021
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Pages336
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Dimensions1.15 H × 8.65 L × 6 W
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Case Qty14
