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. Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet – and the discovery that she is the…
4.4Overall Score
The Last Cuentista
Reader's Review A remarkably clean and thoughtful sci-fi novel that asks the question 'what makes us human?'. The main character struggles to save humanity and her Latino heritage, and ...
Reader’s Review
A remarkably clean and thoughtful sci-fi novel that asks the question ‘what makes us human?’. The main character struggles to save humanity and her Latino heritage, and realizes the importance of storytelling.
To look out for
- Violence: Colonists are “purged” if they are not useful to the collective. This is not described, but it appears they are killed. The Collective threatens to spray the colonists with airborne toxins.
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