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The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera First Printing 1st/1st Newbery 2022
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Features
- Dust Jacket, First Printing
- Original Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9781646140893
- Book Title
- Last Cuentista : Newbery Medal Winner
- Book Series
- Cuentista Ser.
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publisher
- Levine Querido
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Juvenile Fiction
- Topic
- Fantasy & Magic, General, Science Fiction
- Item Width
- 5.9 in
- Item Weight
- 22.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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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. 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? 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 "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)
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Levine Querido
ISBN-10
1646140893
ISBN-13
9781646140893
eBay Product ID (ePID)
9050087937
Product Key Features
Book Title
Last Cuentista : Newbery Medal Winner
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Fantasy & Magic, General, Science Fiction
Publication Year
2021
Book Series
Cuentista Ser.
Genre
Juvenile Fiction
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Item Weight
22.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
Lc Classification Number
Pz7.1.H5468la 2021
Grade from
Fifth Grade
Grade to
Ninth Grade
Reviews
"[STAR] "A strong, heroic character, fighting incredible odds to survive and protect others."-- School Library Journal (starred), ", "A strong, heroic character, fighting incredible odds to survive and protect others." -- School Library Journal (starred), "Truly good children's books engage and entertain while also helping young readers come to understand themselves and the complicated world they live in. The best picture, middle grade and young adult books of 2021 deftly rise to that challenge, telling stories about identity, allyship and more... Donna Barba Higuera's The Last Cuentista asks kids to consider the danger of adopting dogmatic beliefs without questioning authority figures." -- Time Magazine, "Truly good children's books engage and entertain while also helping young readers come to understand themselves and the complicated world they live in. The best picture, middle grade and young adult books of 2021 deftly rise to that challenge, telling stories about identity, allyship and more... Donna Barba Higuera's The Last Cuentista asks kids to consider the danger of adopting dogmatic beliefs without questioning authority figures." - Time Magazine,, "[STAR] "Pura Belpré Honor-winning author Donna Barba Higuera (Lupe Wong Won't Dance) deftly blends Mexican folklore with science fiction in this thrilling and emotional post-apocalyptic novel."--Shelf-Awareness (starred), ", "The brilliance of Higuera's narrative is that it shows rather than tells us the power of story. As Petra shares her tales and they guide her shipmates out of darkness, readers will find corners of their own hearts illuminated as well. This book is gripping in its twists and turns, and moving in its themes -- truly a beautiful cuento ." -- New York Times, "The Last Cuentista is a beautiful middle grade story of a young Latina who must leave a no longer inhabitable Earth and learns the importance of adapting. Although this is a middle-grade dystopian novel, it is poetically magical while honoring the storytelling of our ancestors and Mexican folklore. The story is fun, vibrant, and relatable. Captivating the reader to partake in a voyage of unforgettable cuento (which means 'story' in English of what it means to adapt, believe, and find one's self." -- Al Dia News, [STAR] "A strong, heroic character, fighting incredible odds to survive and protect others."- School Library Journal (starred),, ""Truly good children's books engage and entertain while also helping young readers come to understand themselves and the complicated world they live in. The best picture, middle grade and young adult books of 2021 deftly rise to that challenge, telling stories about identity, allyship and more... Donna Barba Higuera's The Last Cuentista asks kids to consider the danger of adopting dogmatic beliefs without questioning authority figures." -- Time Magazine, ", "Pura Belpré Honor-winning author Donna Barba Higuera ( Lupe Wong Won't Dance ) deftly blends Mexican folklore with science fiction in this thrilling and emotional post-apocalyptic novel." -- Shelf-Awareness (starred) ,, "The brilliance of Higuera's narrative is that it shows rather than tells us the power of story. As Petra shares her tales and they guide her shipmates out of darkness, readers will find corners of their own hearts illuminated as well. This book is gripping in its twists and turns, and moving in its themes - truly a beautiful cuento." - New York Times,, "The Last Cuentista is heartwarming and heartbreaking all at once, and centers family, community, and the oral histories that keep us together." --Tor.com, ? "Pura Belpré Honor-winning author Donna Barba Higuera ( Lupe Wong Won't Dance ) deftly blends Mexican folklore with science fiction in this thrilling and emotional post-apocalyptic novel." -- Shelf-Awareness (starred) ,, "The Last Cuentista is heartwarming and heartbreaking all at once, and centers family, community, and the oral histories that keep us together."-Tor.com,, ""Petra Peña is twelve when she and her family board one of the last ships leaving Earth just before its imminent destruction by comet. As the remaining Earthlings struggle to survive, all of the cuentos -- stories -- Petra grew up listening to will turn out to be more powerful than she could have imagined in this thrilling and hopeful work of science fiction."-- Boston Globe, ", ?"Science fiction blended with Mexican folklore. If you leave Earth in the knowledge that you can never return, what will you want to take with you? 12 year old Petra Peña chooses her grandmother's stories. But on board her spaceship a fanatical Collective is bent on creating a utopia by erasing everyone's memories and purging those they are unable to reprogramme. If we make a new society by forgetting what we have left behind, will we know what it is to be human? A novel about the importance of remembering stories and passing them on, and of creating our own stories." --Five Books, "Readers will find in The Last Cuentista a promise that the past is not the enemy of the future, but a gift that grants the perspective to meet that future with compassion and bravery." - Bookpage,, "Pura Belpré Honor-winning author Donna Barba Higuera ( Lupe Wong Won't Dance ) deftly blends Mexican folklore with science fiction in this thrilling and emotional post-apocalyptic novel." -- Shelf-Awareness (starred), " The Last Cuentista is a beautiful middle grade story of a young Latina who must leave a no longer inhabitable Earth and learns the importance of adapting. Although this is a middle-grade dystopian novel, it is poetically magical while honoring the storytelling of our ancestors and Mexican folklore. The story is fun, vibrant, and relatable. Captivating the reader to partake in a voyage of unforgettable cuento (which means 'story' in English of what it means to adapt, believe, and find one's self." -- Al Dia News, ? "A strong, heroic character, fighting incredible odds to survive and protect others." -- School Library Journal (starred), [STAR] "Higuera spins a tale that crosses the depths of space, interweaving Mexican folklore with a mystical strand of science fiction."- Kirkus (starred),, " The Last Cuentista is heartwarming and heartbreaking all at once, and centers family, community, and the oral histories that keep us together." --Tor.com, ""Readers will find in The Last Cuentista a promise that the past is not the enemy of the future, but a gift that grants the perspective to meet that future with compassion and bravery." -- Bookpage, ", "Science fiction blended with Mexican folklore. If you leave Earth in the knowledge that you can never return, what will you want to take with you? 12 year old Petra Peña chooses her grandmother's stories. But on board her spaceship a fanatical Collective is bent on creating a utopia by erasing everyone's memories and purging those they are unable to reprogramme. If we make a new society by forgetting what we have left behind, will we know what it is to be human? A novel about the importance of remembering stories and passing them on, and of creating our own stories." -- Five Books, "[STAR] "Higuera spins a tale that crosses the depths of space, interweaving Mexican folklore with a mystical strand of science fiction."-- Kirkus (starred), ", "Readers will find in The Last Cuentista a promise that the past is not the enemy of the future, but a gift that grants the perspective to meet that future with compassion and bravery." -- Bookpage, "Petra Peña is twelve when she and her family board one of the last ships leaving Earth just before its imminent destruction by comet. As the remaining Earthlings struggle to survive, all of the cuentos - stories - Petra grew up listening to will turn out to be more powerful than she could have imagined in this thrilling and hopeful work of science fiction."- Boston Globe,, ""The brilliance of Higuera's narrative is that it shows rather than tells us the power of story. As Petra shares her tales and they guide her shipmates out of darkness, readers will find corners of their own hearts illuminated as well. This book is gripping in its twists and turns, and moving in its themes -- truly a beautiful cuento." -- New York Times, ", " The Last Cuentista is heartwarming and heartbreaking all at once, and centers family, community, and the oral histories that keep us together." --T or.com, [STAR] "A strong, heroic character, fighting incredible odds to survive and protect others." -- School Library Journal (starred),, [STAR] "Pura Belpré Honor-winning author Donna Barba Higuera (Lupe Wong Won't Dance) deftly blends Mexican folklore with science fiction in this thrilling and emotional post-apocalyptic novel."-Shelf-Awareness (starred),, ""The Last Cuentista is heartwarming and heartbreaking all at once, and centers family, community, and the oral histories that keep us together."--Tor.com, ", "Petra Peña is twelve when she and her family board one of the last ships leaving Earth just before its imminent destruction by comet. As the remaining Earthlings struggle to survive, all of the cuentos -- stories -- Petra grew up listening to will turn out to be more powerful than she could have imagined in this thrilling and hopeful work of science fiction." -- Boston Globe, "Higuera spins a tale that crosses the depths of space, interweaving Mexican folklore with a mystical strand of science fiction." -- Kirkus (starred)
Lccn
2021-932056
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Dewey Edition
23/Eng/20230329
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