The Last Cuentista

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 b