The Last Cuentista (Thorndike Press Large Print Middle Reader)

Children's Books

Higuera, Donna Barba

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

Youth Large Print

Lupe Wong Won't Dance

Winner of the Sid Fleischman Award for Humor Pura Belpré Honor Winner PNBA Award Winner Globe & Mail Best Children's Book of Year Booklist Editor's Choice "Higuera has knocked it out of the park."--Erin Entrada Kelly, New York Times Book Review "Heartfelt, funny and smeared with just the right touch of middle-school snottiness, this novel is a delight!"--Ron Charles, The Washington Post &#9733; "A home run." --Publishers Weekly, starred review &#9733; "A laugh-out-loud story about family, friendship, and the beauty in being true to yourself."--Booklist, starred review Lupe Wong is going to be the first female pitcher in the Major Leagues. She's also championed causes her whole young life. Some worthy.like expanding the options for race on school tests beyond just a few bubbles. And some not so much.like complaining to the BBC about the length between Doctor Who seasons. Lupe needs an A in all her classes in order to meet her favorite pitcher, Fu Li Hernandez, who's Chinacan/Mexinese just like her. So when the horror that is square dancing rears its head in gym? Obviously she's not gonna let that slide. Not since Millicent Min, Girl Genius has a debut novel introduced a character so memorably, with such humor and emotional insight. Even square-dancing fans will agree.

Arts, Music & Photography

Levine Querido

¡Ganadora del Pura Belpré Honor!\nComo una marmota asustada, los shorts de gimnasia se meten en mi trasero.\n¿No te gustaría leer un libro que comenzara así?\nLupe Wong quiere ser la primera mujer lanzadora en las Grandes Ligas. Durante toda su infancia, ha defendido diversas causas. Algunas, dignas . . . como la expansión de las opciones de raza en los exámenes escolares. Otras, menos dignas . . . como quejarse al canal BBC sobre la duración entre temporadas de Doctor Who.\nLupe necesita una A en todas las clases para conocer a su lanzador favorito, Fu Li Hernández, un mexi-chino como ella. ¿Qué pasa cuando el baile de country llega al gimnasio? Lupe no se quedará con los brazos cruzados.\nNo es para nada habitual que el debut de un libro presente a un personaje tan memorable, y con tanto humor e inteligencia emocional, come Lupe. Hasta los fanáticos del baile de country estarán de acuerdo . . .

Lupe Wong No Baila: (Lupe Wong Won't Dance Spanish Edition)

Education & Reference

The Last Cuentista

Product Description 
From Pura Belpré Honor-winner Donna Barba Higuera—a brilliant journey through the stars, to the very heart of what makes us human.\n"Gripping in its twists and turns, and moving in its themes – truly a beautiful cuento."— 
New York Times\n"Clever and compelling . wonderfully subversive."— 
The Wall Street Journal\n★ "This tale packs a wallop. Exquisite."— 
Kirkus Reviews (starred)\n★ "Gripping, euphonious, and full of storytelling magic."— 
Publishers Weekly (starred)\n★ "A strong, heroic character, fighting incredible odds to survive and protect others."— 
School Library Journal (starred)\nHabía una vez . . .\nThere lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita.\nBut Petra's world is ending. Earth has been 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. They are the ones who must carry on the human race.\nHundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet – and the discovery that she is the only person who remembers Earth. A sinister Collective has taken over the ship during its journey, bent on erasing the sins of humanity's past. They have systematically purged the memories of all aboard – or purged them altogether.\nPetra alone now carries the stories of our past, and with them, any hope for our future. Can she make them live again? 
 Review 
[STAR] “A strong, heroic character, fighting incredible odds to survive and protect others.”- School Library Journal (starred),\n[STAR] “Gripping, euphonious, and full of storytelling magic.”- Publishers Weekly (starred),\n[STAR] “Higuera spins a tale that crosses the depths of space, interweaving Mexican folklore with a mystical strand of science fiction.”- Kirkus (starred),\n“Readers will find in The Last Cuentista a promise that the past is not the enemy of the future, but a gift that grants the perspective to meet that future with compassion and bravery.” - Bookpage,\n“The Last Cuentista is heartwarming and heartbreaking all at once, and centers family, community, and the oral histories that keep us together.”-Tor.com,\n"The brilliance of Higuera’s narrative is that it shows rather than tells us the power of story. As Petra shares her tales and they guide her shipmates out of darkness, readers will find corners of their own hearts illuminated as well. This book is gripping in its twists and turns, and moving in its themes - truly a beautiful cuento.” - New York Times,\n"Clever and compelling . wonderfully subversive.” - The Wall Street Journal,\nAbout the Author 
Donna Barba Higuera grew up in Central California and now lives in the Pacific Northwest. She has spent her entire life blending folklore with her experiences into stories that fill her imagination. Now she weaves them to write picture books and novels. Donna's first book, 
Lupe Wong Won't Dance, won a PNBA Book Award and a Pura Belpré Honor.\nThe Last Cuentista is her second novel.

The Last Cuentista: Newbery Medal Winner

The next stunning novel from Donna Barba Higuera, author of Newbery and Pura Belpré Award-winning The Last Cuentista This is the story as it was told to me by Leandro the Mighty.&nbsp; For 400 years, Earth has been a barren wasteland. The few humans that survive scrape together an existence in the cruel city of Pocatel - or go it alone in the wilderness beyond, filled with wandering spirits and wyrms. They don't last long.&nbsp; 13 year-old pickpocket Leandro and his sister Gabi do what they can to forge a life in Pocatel. The city does not take kindly to Cascabel like them - the descendants of those who worked the San Joaquin Valley for generations.&nbsp; When Gabi is caught stealing precious fruit from the Pocatelan elite, Leando takes the fall. But his exile proves more than he ever could have imagined -- far from a simple banishment, his consciousness is placed inside an ancient drone and left to fend on its own. But beyond the walls of Pocatel lie other alebrijes like Leandro who seek for a better world -- as well as mutant monsters, wasteland pirates, a hidden oasis, and the truth.&nbsp; From Donna Barba Higuera, Newbery and Pura Belpré Medal-winning author of The Last Cuentista, comes another novel to astonish us and create a whole new imaginative world, that holds a mirror to our own. &nbsp;

Alebrijes: Cuentista Book II: Cuentista (The Last Cuentista)

The next stunning novel from Donna Barba Higuera, author of Newbery and Pura Belpré Award-winning The Last Cuentista This is the story as it was told to me by Leandro the Mighty. For 400 years, Earth has been a barren wasteland. The few humans that survive scrape together an existence in the cruel city of Pocatel - or go it alone in the wilderness beyond, filled with wandering spirits and wyrms. They don't last long. 13 year-old pickpocket Leandro and his sister Gabi do what they can to forge a life in Pocatel. The city does not take kindly to Cascabel like them - the descendants of those who worked the San Joaquin Valley for generations. When Gabi is caught stealing precious fruit from the Pocatelan elite, Leando takes the fall. But his exile proves more than he ever could have imagined -- far from a simple banishent, his consciousness is placed inside an ancient drone and left to fend on its own. But beyond the walls of Pocatel lie other alebrijes like Leandro who seek for a better world -- as well as mutant monsters, wasteland pirates, a hidden oasis, and the truth. From Donna Barba Higuera, Newbery and Pura Belpré Medal-winning author of The Last Cuentista, comes another novel to astonish us and create a whole new imaginative world, that holds a mirror to our own. P R A I S E &#9733; "An instant classic." --School Library Journal (starred) &#9733; "Breathtaking... A ferociously epic and beautiful middle-grade dystopian novel." &nbsp;--Shelf Awareness (starred) &#9733; "Combines humanity and technology with imaginative splendor." --Foreword (starred) &#9733; "This heartfelt adventure signals hope for humanity, even in the aftermath of darkness." --Kirkus (starred) &#9733; "High-stakes adventure... Beautiful, imaginative writing fills this dystopian sf novel. Though it exposes cruelty and corruption, it raises up storytelling, culture, and kindness as stronger yet... A wondrous addition to any collection." --Booklist (starred) &#9733; "This stellar speculative narrative explores themes of identity across circumstance, centering an adolescent without structural power working to protect family and community." --Publishers Weekly (starred) &#9733; "Higuera brilliantly balances the heaviness of a dystopian future of a ruined Earth with her own blend of science fiction and Mexican folkloric elements once Leandro leaves his human body... Leandro and his unflinching dedication to an uplifting view of humanity that will spark engagement from the first page and linger in the minds of readers well after they finish the novel." --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred) "With its social and environmental commentary, this fast-paced and imaginative novel tackles issues of deception and control and leaves one with a sense of wonder that a single flap of a wing or a solitary voice can bring about unimaginable change." --Horn Book &nbsp;

Alebrijes: Cuentista Book II: (Spanish Edition)

Lupe Wong No Baila

Sports & Outdoors

Dreamscape Media

La última cuentista

Teen & Young Adult

Literature & Fiction

Nube de Tinta

Growing Up & Facts of Life

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