A Snake Falls to Earth: Newbery Honor Award Winner

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

Author: Darcie Little Badger
Publisher: Lantern Paperbacks
Published: 04/02/2024
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.19h x 5.51w x 0.87d
ISBN: 9781646144136
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.3
Point Value: 14
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 517770 / Snake Falls to Earth

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.