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The Last Storyteller
The Last Storyteller: Winner of the Newbery Medal | Donna Barba Higuera
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An unforgettable journey through the stars, to the very heart of what makes us human. The incredible Newbery Medal-winning novel from Donna Barba Higuera. "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 will soon be 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?
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deirdrebeecher
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This is the UK title of The Last Cuentista. For anyone who enjoys MG fiction this has to be a strong pick. A beautiful book about the power of story. It throws absolutely devastating emotional punches, has a wonderful Latina hero and very well paced adventure. Anyone who loves MG and wants to bawl their eyes out should read this book.

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peta86
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Earth is about to be hit by a comet.
In the mad scramble to leave on a space ship to another planet people are going to be sacrificed.
Petra and her family are lucky to gain passage to a new world.
But en route the ship is taken over and now the Collective is in command.
Their pasts are reprogrammed but somehow Petra escapes that fate and when she wakes up hundreds of years later, she is the only one who has any memory of Earth or the past.

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peta86
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Earth is about to be hit by a comet.
In the mad scramble to leave on a space ship to another planet people are going to be sacrificed.
Petra and her family are lucky to gain passage to a new world.
But en route the ship is taken over and now the Collective is in command.
Their pasts are reprogrammed but somehow Petra escapes that fate and when she wakes up hundreds of years later, she is the only one who has any memory of Earth or the past.

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Lizzie69
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A comet is just about to strike Earth and people are scrambling for survival, Petra Pena and her family are among the lucky ones to gain a place on board ship that plans to leave and colonise another planet.
But things don't go as planned, a sinister takeover has happened on board and the "Collective" is now in charge.
They are culling those of the survivors not deemed necessary.
Petra wakes up she alone, her family gone, she is the last...