Tag: post-apocalyptic fiction

February 22, 2022 by Grace Enriquez

2022 Newbery and Pura Belpré Award winner: The Last Cuentista

Donna Barba Higuera’s Newbery Award and Pura Belpré Award winning novel nimbly mixes Spanish and English and draws from various storytelling genres to do what speculative fiction does best - imagine the latent possibilities in a given society, challenge readers to contemplate the promises and risks, and invite us to form new understandings about the world we live in now.