Firesnake (Volume 3) (The Last Cuentista)

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From New York Times bestselling author Donna Barba Higuera, Firesnake delivers a triumphant finale to the story that began with the Newbery Medal-winning The Last Cuentista and continued in the Pura Belpré Honor-winning Alebrijes. Itzel has never known a life on Earth. Growing up on Sagan, the granddaughter of the Cuentista, her years have been spent among the dactyls, griblets, and billow seeds of their new planet. But when a mysterious message arrives from across the cosmos, Itzel realizes that the home they thought destroyed hundreds of years ago has survived...and with it, another community of humans. Will she and the other Saganites brave the journey back to Earth? And what will they find? For they are not the only ones who have received this message... Master storyteller Donna Barba Higuera brings her beloved Cuentista trilogy to a close in a book full of old friends and new, jaw-dropping twists, and a journey to the stars and back.

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Is Firesnake (Volume 3) (The Last Cuentista) appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 10 and up.

A hopeful middle grade sci-fi conclusion featuring a young girl on a colony planet who discovers Earth survived and must decide whether to journey home. Emphasizes storytelling, heritage, and adventure with minimal peril.