The last cuentista / Donna Barba Higuera.
"A girl named Petra Pena, 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? " -- Publisher's description.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781646140893
- ISBN: 1646140893
- Physical Description: 320 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Montclair, NJ : Levine Querido, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
General Note: | "This is an Arthur A. Levine book"--Title page verso. |
Target Audience Note: | 10-14 years 730L Lexile |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 5 11 515177. |
Awards Note: | Newbery Medal, 2022 Pura Belpré Author Award, 2022 |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Storytellers > Juvenile fiction. Girls > Juvenile fiction. Memory > Juvenile fiction. Life on other planets > Juvenile fiction. Mexican Americans > Juvenile fiction. |
Genre: | Science fiction. Dystopian fiction. |
Available copies
- 56 of 59 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
- 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 59 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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North Kansas City Public Library | J HIGUERA (Text) | 0001002383394 | JUV Fiction | Available | - |
Barry Lawrence - Aurora Library | Y FIC HIG (Text) | 37884103315176 | Youth Fiction | Available | - |
Barry Lawrence - Cassville Library | Y FIC HIG (Text) | 37884103315168 | Youth Fiction | Available | - |
Barry Lawrence - Marionville Library | Y FIC HIG (Text) | 37884103315150 | Youth Fiction | Available | - |
Barry Lawrence - Monett Library | Y FIC HIG (Text) | 37884103315143 | Youth Fiction | Available | - |
Barry Lawrence - Mt. Vernon Library | Y FIC HIG (Text) | 37884103315135 | Youth Fiction | Available | - |
Bollinger County Library | SF HIG (Text) | 32713200014712 | Science Fiction & Fantasy | In process | - |
Bowling Green Public Library | YA Fic Hig (Text) | 35030000018597 | YA Fiction | Available | - |
Brookfield Public Library | JF HIG (Text) | 32512909415156 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Cape Girardeau Public Library | HIG (Text) | 33042004797018 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
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The Last Cuentista : Newbery Medal Winner
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The Last Cuentista : Newbery Medal Winner
Winner of the John Newbery Medal Winner of the Pura Belpré Award From Pura Belpré Award winner and Newbery Medalist, Donna Barba Higuera--a brilliant journey through the stars, to the very heart of what makes us human. HabÃa 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? TIME 's Best Books of the Year Wall Street Journal 's Best of the Year Minneapolis Star Tribune 's Best of the Year Boston Globe 's Best of the Year BookPage 's Best of the Year Publishers Weekly 's Best of the Year School Library Journal 's Best of the Year Kirkus Reviews ' Best of the Year Bank Street's Best of the Year Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best New York Public Library Best of the Year A Junior Library Guild Selection Cybils Award Finalist "Gripping in its twists and turns, and moving in its themes - truly a beautiful cuento."-- New York Times "Clever and compelling ... wonderfully subversive."-- The Wall Street Journal â "This tale packs a wallop. Exquisite."-- Kirkus Reviews (starred) â "Gripping, euphonious, and full of storytelling magic."-- Publishers Weekly (starred) â "A strong, heroic character, fighting incredible odds to survive and protect others."-- School Library Journal (starred)