The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

Winner of the John Newbery Medal • Winner of the Pura Belpré Award • 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 From Pura Belpré Award winner and Newbery Medalist, Donna Barba Higuera

THE LAST CUENTISTA
Donna Barba Higuera

Genre: Middle Grade • Science Fiction • Fantasy • Adventure
Age: 8–12 years

🌟 Winner of the Newbery Medal

In a future where Earth is on the brink of destruction, twelve-year-old Petra Peña and her family escape aboard a spaceship bound for a new planet. Petra is the only one who remembers Earth and the stories passed down through her family.

When she awakens in a strange new world, Petra discovers that everything she knew has changed—and that someone is determined to erase the past. She must protect the stories she inherited and become the last cuentista, because remembering who we are may be the key to saving the future.

A thrilling and moving adventure about family, identity, memory, and the enduring power of storytelling.