![]() ![]() ![]() Petra, who dreams of becoming a Mexican folklore storyteller like her grandmother, soon realizes that, in order to preserve humanity's diversity and its memories, she must tell her cherished stories. The cultlike, authoritarian The Collective, which took over the ship as she slept, wiped out the memories of the other passengers, including her family, in order to create a society with no conflict or differences. When Petra awakens 380 years later at the ship's destination, she is the only one who remembers life on Earth. Petra Pena, 12, boards one of three ships of colonists to the planet Sagan. THE STORY: In 2061, a solar event alters the path of Halley's Comet, endangering Earth. From central California, Higuera now lives in Washington State. Retrieved from ĭonna Barba Higuera's first book, Lupe Wong Won't Dance (2020), won the Pura Belpre Honor Award from the American Library Association. MLA style: "The Last Cuentista." The Free Library. ![]()
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