Petra's cog malfunctions, leaving her conscious but immobile. As the second ship takes off, rioters overrun the third ship, and it is unable to depart. With rioters outside threatening the ship, Petra's parents convince her to relent. During that time, useful skills will be downloaded to their brains through a "cog." Petra tries to delay when she discovers that her elective, mythology, has been mysteriously omitted from her courses. The family will be placed in stasis for the 380-year voyage. They board the second of three colonization ships bound for the planet Sagan. In 2061, 12-year old Petra Peña, her 7-year old brother Javier, and her mother and father prepare to leave a doomed Earth. The cover was illustrated by Raxenne Maniquiz. In 2022, the book won the Newbery Medal and Pura Belpré Award. It was published in British English under the title The Last Storyteller in 2022. After awaking on a new planet, Petra is the only one who remembers Earth and must use storytelling to keep her people's history alive. The story follows Petra Peña who, along with her family and a few hundred others, leave Earth to continue the human race after a comet strikes the planet. The Last Cuentista is a middle-grade dystopian novel by Donna Barba Higuera, published Octoby Levine Querido.
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