

The Last Beekeeper
Author: Pablo Cartaya
Narrator: Kyla Garcia
Unabridged: 7 hr 15 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 07/12/2022
Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Lifestyles, Animal Stories
Author: Pablo Cartaya
Narrator: Kyla Garcia
Unabridged: 7 hr 15 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 07/12/2022
Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Lifestyles, Animal Stories
Pablo Cartaya is an award-winning author, screenwriter, speaker, and occasional actor. He is the Pura Belpré Honor Book Award winner for The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora; an Audie finalist for Audiobook of the Year in the middle grade category (for which he narrated); an ALSC notable book of the year for Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish; and the 2020 Schneider Family Book Award Honor winner for his middle grade novel Each Tiny Spark. His newest title, The Last Beekeeper, contemplates a future where bees are central to a rebuilding world. His novels focus on the themes of family, community, culture, and the environment. He lives in the hyphens between his Cuban and American identities and with his familia in Miami. Visit him at pablocartaya.com
I had really high hopes for this book because A) the Texas Bluebonnet nomination list has never disappointed me and B) I really enjoyed the Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora! Maybe I am missing something, this is more highly rated than The Epic Fail, but I just can't stomach more than 2 stars. I think part......more
I read an Advanced Reader Copy sent to me by the author. In a future where the environment has changed beyond recognition, survivors of the ecological collapse inhabit a valley with a city in which a technological renaissance has reestablished some of the computer based-communications and robotics of......more
This was such an enjoyable read, and it does all the things I want dystopian books to do: make us think, call us out, prepare us to be better. The MCs are lovable and the author takes great effort to make sure all of their actions are explained in ways that make sense. Even if I hate something a cha......more
I’m really looking forward to sharing this with students. I think they’ll love the mix of sci-fi, adventure and climate change impacts. I especially appreciated the way the story incorporates aspects of farming within an exciting story. In some ways the final confrontation didn’t flow as smoothly as......more