The Last Cuentista: Newbery Medal Winner [Hardcover]

Winner of the Newbery Medala brilliant journey through the stars, to the very heart of what makes us human.

Gripping in its twists and turns, and moving in its themes  truly a beautiful cuento.New York Times

Hab?a una vez . . . 

There lived a girl named Petra Pe?a, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. 

But Petras 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 humanitys 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?

P R A I S E

Clever and compelling & wonderfully subversive.
The Wall Street Journal

 This tale packs a wallop. Exquisite.
Kirkus Reviews (starred) 

 Gripping, euphonious, and full of storytelling magic.
Publishers Weekly (starred) 

 A strong, heroic character, fighting incredible odds to survive and protect others.
School Library Journal (starred)

A W A R D S

Winner of the John Newbery Medal 
Winner of the Pura Belpr? Award 

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