

We would love to see you enjoying these resources online using #TheLastStoryteller and tagging piccadillypress and readingagency. To help celebrate the book, Piccadilly Press have created a collection of great digital assets and activities. Petra alone now carries the stories of our past, and with them, any hope for our future. They have systematically purged the memories of all aboard – or purged them altogether. A sinister Collective has taken over the ship during its journey, bent on erasing the sins of humanity’s past. There lived a girl named Petra Pena, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita.But Petras world is ending. Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet – and the discovery that she is the only person who remembers Earth. The incredible Newbery Medal-winning novel from Donna Barba Higuera.'Gripping in its twists and turns, and moving in its themes - truly a beautiful cuento.'- NEW YORK TIMESHabia una vez. They are the ones who must carry on the human race. Earth will soon be 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. There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita.īut Petra’s world is ending.

“Gripping in its twists and turns, and moving in its themes – truly a beautiful cuento.”**- NEW YORK TIMES The incredible Newbery Medal-winning novel from Donna Barba Higuera. Petra alone now carries the stories of our past, and with them, any hope for our future.An unforgettable journey through the stars, to the very heart of what makes us human.

They have systematically purged the memories of all aboard - or purged them altogether. A sinister Collective has taken over the ship during its journey, bent on erasing the sins of humanity's past. Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet - and the discovery that she is the only person who remembers Earth. Earth will soon be 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. There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. "Gripping in its twists and turns, and moving in its themes - truly a beautiful cuento." - NEW YORK TIMES Habìa una vez. An unforgettable journey through the stars, to the very heart of what makes us human.
