Snake Falls to Earth

<p><b>NATIONAL BESTSELLER</b><br> <br> <b>In this breathaking 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>