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2022 ALA John Newbery Medal and Honors
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By Kristen · 9 posts · 202 views
last updated Mar 30, 2022 12:00PM
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A wonderful story (even though dystopian future-is-now) with themes of the value of diversity and the importance of story and art. A must-read.
In a futuristic world that is soon to become uninhabitable, 3 ships of scientists and their children are sent to a far off planet. They will be asleep for hundreds of years, but when they arrive it is hoped that they will be able to start a new and better life. Petra Pena is among the passengers - reluctantly leaving her beloved storyteller grandmother behind. But when Petra wakes up, it is to find that nothing has gone as promised. Can she find the strength within herself to begin yet again?
3.5-4 stars. This Newbery Award book for 2022 was an interesting blend of folklore and dystopian science fiction that was a fun audio book to listen to during Spring Break.
Petra Pena is a girl traveling with her botanist mother, geologist father, and younger brother Javier to a new planet with a large group because a meteor is about to destroy earth. Petra wants to be a storyteller "la cuentista" like her grandmother Lita from rural New Mexico.
They are supposed to stay asleep for 400 years, car ...more
Petra Pena is a girl traveling with her botanist mother, geologist father, and younger brother Javier to a new planet with a large group because a meteor is about to destroy earth. Petra wants to be a storyteller "la cuentista" like her grandmother Lita from rural New Mexico.
They are supposed to stay asleep for 400 years, car ...more
I liked the creative combination of science fiction, mythology and space storytelling.
I liked the Spanish inserts and the gorgeous cover art. A bit dark and intense for a children's book, but great for older kids. ...more
I liked the Spanish inserts and the gorgeous cover art. A bit dark and intense for a children's book, but great for older kids. ...more
A book that will make you want to keep reading. I can see why it won the Newbery medal! Great for any middle school classroom.
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