A Snake Falls to Earth (Little Badger Darcie)(Paperback)

NATIONAL BESTSELLERIn this breathtaking work of Indigenous futurism, Darcie Little Badger weaves an unforgettable tale of monsters, magic, and family — ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH! 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. 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. 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. And there are some who will kill to keep them apart.BEST OF THE YEAR Minneapolis Star Tribune • Publishers Weekly • Kirkus • Apple Books • New York Public Library • Chicago Public Library • AutostraddleAWARDS NEBULA AWARD WINNER NEWBERY AWARD HONOR AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH LITERATURE AWARD HONOR NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLISTP R A I S E “A spellbinding tale.” —Texas Monthly “Genre-bending.”—TIME “Undeniably charming.”—Tor.com ★ “Evokes the timeless feeling of listening to traditional oral storytelling.”—Kirkus (starred) ★ “Fun, imaginative, and deeply immersive, this story will be long in the minds of readers.”—Publishers Weekly (starred) ★ “Magical, stunning, and wholly original.”—Booklist (starred) “A highly descriptive story which absorbs t
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