A Snake Falls to Earth

<P><B>NATIONAL BESTSELLER</B><br><br><B>In this breathtaking work of Indigenous futurism, Darcie Little Badger weaves an unforgettable tale of monsters, magic, and family </B><br><br>Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She’s always felt there was something more out there. She still believes in the old stories.<br><br>Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters. Like all cottonmouths, he’s been cast from home. He's found a new one on the banks of the bottomless lake.<br><br>Nina and Oli have no idea the other exists. But a catastrophic event on Earth, and a strange sickness that befalls Oli’s best friend, will drive their worlds together in ways they haven’t been in centuries.<br><br>And there are some who will kill to keep them apart. <br><br><B>BEST OF THE YEAR</B><br><br>Minneapolis Star Tribune • Publishers Weekly • Kirkus • Apple Books • New York Public Library • Chicago Public Library • Autostraddle<br><br><B>AWARDS</B><br><br>NEBULA AWARD WINNER<br>NEWBERY AWARD HONOR<br>AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH LITERATURE AWARD HONOR<br>NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST<br><br><B>P R A I S E</B><br><br>“A spellbinding tale.” —<I>Texas Monthly</I><br><br>“Genre-bending.”—TIME<br><br>“Undeniably charming.”—Tor.com<br><br>★ “Evokes the timeless feeling of listening to traditional oral storytelling.”—<I>Kirkus</I> (starred) <br><br>★ “Fun, imaginative, and deeply immersive, this story will be long in the minds of readers.”—<I>Publishers Weekly</I> (starred)<br><br>★ “Magical, stunning, and wholly original.”—<I>Booklist</I> (starred)<br><br>“A highly descriptive story which absorbs the audience into its world, readers will become invested in reading until the very end."—<I>School Library Connection</I></P><P><br>“A highly descriptive story which absorbs the audience into its world, readers will become invested in reading until the very end."—<I>School Library Connection</I></P>