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A Snake Falls to Earth
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- Book Synopsis
- NATIONAL BESTSELLER In this breathtaking 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 "A highly descriptive story which absorbs the audience into its world, readers will become invested in reading until the very end."-School Library Connection
- About The Author
- Darcie Little Badger is a Lipan Apache writer with a PhD in oceanography. Her critically acclaimed debut novel, Elatsoe, was featured in TIME as one of the best 100 fantasy books of all time. Elatsoe also won the Locus award for Best First Novel and is a Nebula, Ignyte, and Lodestar finalist. Her second fantasy novel, A Snake Falls to Earth, received the Newbery Honor, is an LA Times Book Prize Finalist, and is on the National Book Awards longlist. Darcie is married to a veterinarian named Taran.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781646144136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Levine Querido, (02 April 2024)
- Number of Pages
- 384
- Weight
- 213 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 210 x 140 x 22 mm
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