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The Last CuentistaThe Last Cuentista

The Last Cuentista

Donna Barba Higuera

4.1(62)on Hardcover

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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?

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OL Work ID
OL25483601W

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Children's fictionNewbery medalnyt:childrens-middle-grade-hardcover=2022-02-13New York Times bestsellerJuvenileaward:Newbery_awardlexile:730lexile_range:701-800age:min:10age:max:undefinedgrade:min:5grade:max:9

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