The Last Cuentista

The Last Cuentista is a compelling tale about a young girl named Petra Peña who survives the obliteration of the Earth by a mysterious, alien force. Petra, the last cuentista (storyteller), carries the burden of preserving human stories and wisdom for future generations. In a foreign world, she must make sense of the old stories and forge new ones to keep the human spirit alive. Winner of the John Newbery Medal; 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?