THE LAST STORYTELLER Paperback

The Last Storyteller by Donna Barba Higuera is a poignant and imaginative middle-grade novel that weaves a captivating tale of survival, memory, and the enduring power of stories. It follows Petra Peña, who is chosen to be a "seed" aboard a spaceship fleeing a dying Earth, tasked with preserving humanity's tales for a new planet. When a malfunction causes her to awaken centuries later with her memories — and those of her fellow passengers — erased by a tyrannical collective, Petra must piece together forgotten histories and reclaim the essence of what it means to be human through the fragments of stories she rediscovers, ultimately fighting to restore truth and hope to a new generation.