[ad_1] “Last CuentistaDonna Barba Higuera’s dystopian yet hopeful mid-range novel won one of the most prestigious awards in children’s literature on Monday, receiving this year’s John Newbery Medal. In the book published by Levine Querido, 12-year-old Petra Peña and her family are among those who chose to flee Earth before Halley’s comet collided with the …

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