In the year 2061, a solar flare has altered the course of Halley’s Comet, putting Earth and its inhabitants right in its trajectory. Petra alone now carries the stories of our past, and with them, any hope for our future.An aspiring young storyteller with retinitis pigmentosa discovers that she’s the only one who remembers life on Earth after waking up 380 years in the future in this suspenseful speculative novel. 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. 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 Pena, 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 Habia una vez. The incredible Newbery Medal-winning novel from Donna Barba Higuera. Can she make them live again?Īn unforgettable journey through the stars, to the very heart of what makes us human. 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.
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