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 — <I>ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH!</I></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>