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A Snake Falls to Earth: Newbery Honor Award Winner
- Subject
- Fantasy - General
- Age
- 9-12 years
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 352
- Publisher
- Levine Querido
- Size
- 14.7 cm × 21.6 cm
- ISBN
- 9781646140923
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
In this breathaking work of Indigenous futurism, Darcie Little Badger weaves an unforgettable tale of monsters, magic, and family.
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 • Autostraddle
AWARDS
NEBULA AWARD WINNER
NEWBERY AWARD HONOR
AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH LITERATURE AWARD HONOR
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST
P 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 the audience into its world, readers will become invested in reading until the very end."—School Library Connection
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What reviewers said
“Draws on her scientific training and tribal storytelling to weave a spellbinding tale.”
"Fun, imaginative, and deeply immersive, this story will be long in the minds of readers.”
“A highly descriptive story with open dialogue which absorbs the audience into its world, readers will become invested in reading until the very end."
“Little Badger’s new genre-bending narrative draws on her heritage and the tradition of story-telling that has informed her worldview.”
"Magical, stunning, and wholly original.”
"Both authentic and original. Strong, subtle worldbuilding allows readers to immerse themselves in Nina’s near future world of increased climate change and advanced social media technology and in Oli’s magical world of spirits, monsters, and old stories come to life.”
