In terms of her own temporal perspective, less than a year of her life has passed despite the monumental changes that have taken place around her while she slept. Because she is in stasis during the voyage from Earth to Sagan, she is only 13 by the time the novel ends. The story is told from the first-person perspective of 12-year-old Petra Peña. The story begins on Earth in the summer of 2061 but concludes 380 years later, on a distant planet called Sagan. This study guide and all of its page citations are based on the Kindle edition of the novel. Some material may be intense for younger readers, though the overall tone of the book is hopeful, despite its dystopian classification. It is intended for readers aged 10 and up. The novel falls into the genres of children’s dystopian science fiction and children’s fantasy. Her feelings for this environment are lovingly rendered, emphasizing the stakes for the novel’s characters as Earth is on the cusp of destruction. Higuera grew up in the central California desert in a landscape similar to the setting she describes at the beginning of The Last Cuentista.
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