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THE LAST CUENTISTA: Newbery Medal Winner paperback by Donna Barba Higuera, 352pg
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Novel
- Ex Libris
- No
- Original Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- China
- Inscribed
- No
- Edition
- Third
- Vintage
- No
- ISBN
- 9781646144129
- Book Title
- Last Cuentista : Newbery Medal Winner
- Book Series
- The Last Cuentista Ser.
- Publisher
- Levine Querido
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2024
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Juvenile Fiction
- Topic
- Fantasy & Magic, Dystopian, Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, General, Science Fiction
- Item Weight
- 15.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Levine Querido
ISBN-10
1646144120
ISBN-13
9781646144129
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17060625154
Product Key Features
Book Title
Last Cuentista : Newbery Medal Winner
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Fantasy & Magic, Dystopian, Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, General, Science Fiction
Publication Year
2024
Genre
Juvenile Fiction
Book Series
The Last Cuentista Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
15.1 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
Dewey Edition
23/eng/20230329
Reviews
"A strong, heroic character, fighting incredible odds to survive and protect others." -- School Library Journal (starred), "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), "[STAR] "A strong, heroic character, fighting incredible odds to survive and protect others."-- School Library Journal (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, "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, "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, "[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 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, " 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), ", ""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, ", "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, "The Last Cuentista is heartwarming and heartbreaking all at once, and centers family, community, and the oral histories that keep us together." --Tor.com, ""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, ""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 Last Cuentista is heartwarming and heartbreaking all at once, and centers family, community, and the oral histories that keep us together."--Tor.com, ", ?"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, "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)
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Grade From
Fifth Grade
Grade To
Ninth Grade
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Synopsis
Winner of the Newbery Medal--a 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 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? 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) WINNER John Newbery Medal - Pura Belpré Award BEST OF THE YEAR TIME - Wall Street Journal - Minneapolis Star Tribune's - Boston Globe - BookPage - Publishers Weekly - School Library Journal - Kirkus - Bank Street - Chicago Public Library - New York Public Library
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- j***j (1174)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseGreat value! Item arrived well packaged and as described. Very fast shipping.2019-S American Innovation REVERSE PROOF $1 New Jersey Light Bulb OGP (#205499779484)
- o***r (498)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseA++ seller, quick shipping, exactly as describedTOWNSCAPES, Christin - Bilal graphic novel mystery, 146 full-color pages, 2004 (#197052875022)