We found one! Today's book is a recent Science Fiction entry in the Young Adult category and I'll tell ya this: It does not hold back. We wondered aloud before whether sci-fi was at times too cerebral of a genre to be a mainstay in the world of young fiction, but The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera didn't get that memo. It visceral, authentic, and emotionally told and gets top marks from this show.

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