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It presents storytelling as a tool of identity, survival, and resistance.
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The Last Cuentista
Donna Barba Higuera2022 selection · Young readers
The Last Cuentista
After Earth is destroyed, a girl awakens on a controlled new world where stories and human history have been erased.
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You enjoy thoughtful science fiction with folklore.
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