“I have pinched myself, squeezed my eyes super tight, and it’s all still real life! What a day! Taking a minute to digest over here,” said Higuera on learning of her win.

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'American Library Association announces 2022 Youth Media Award winners'. ' 'The Last Cuentista' and 'Watercress' win top children's book awards'. 'ALA Announces Youth Media Award Winners for 2022'. Awards and honors for The Last Cuentista Year The Last Cuentista was named one of the best children's books of the year by BookPage, The Boston Globe, the Chicago Public Library, Kirkus, the New York Public Library, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, TIME, and The Wall Street Journal. but it doesn’t dwell in the darkness, preferring to give its readers healthy doses of hope, wonder and page-turning action.” Previous Newbery winner Tae Keller said The Last Cuentista “certainly veers into the dark end of middle-grade fiction, with brainwashing, ‘purging’, and, yes, the destruction of our entire planet. Kirkus called the book 'n exquisite tonic for storytellers far and wide, young and old.' School Library Journal's Mara Alpert called it ' keep-you-up-all-night, compulsively readable science fiction novel that offers much food for thought.' Writing for The Wall Street Journal, Megan Cox Gurden said it was 'clever and compelling.'

The Last Cuentista generally received positive reviews, including starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, and Shelf Awareness. The cover was illustrated by Raxenne Maniquiz. In 2022, the book won the Newbery Medal and Pura Belpré Award. 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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