A Snake Falls to Earth
Newbery Honor Award Winner
by Darcie Little Badger
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Pub Date Apr 02 2024 | Archive Date Jun 21 2024
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Description
National Indie Bestseller
National Book Award Longlist
Minneapolis Star Tribune Best of the Year
Publishers Weekly Best of the Year
Kirkus Best the Year
Apple Best of the Year
Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best
New York Public Library's Best of the Year
Autostraddle's Best Queer Books of the Year
"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 Snake Falls to Earth is a breathtaking work of Indigenous futurism. Darcie Little Badger draws on traditional Lipan Apache storytelling structure to weave another unforgettable tale of monsters, magic, and family. It is not to be missed.
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.
Advance Praise
GENRE BLENDING FANTASY - A fast-paced and fantastical eco-picaresque set in two worlds
ONE-OF-A-KIND WRITER - Darcie's works of Indigenous futurism possess gorgeous writing, delightful world-building and urgent themes
NATIONAL BESTSELLING TRACK - Darcie's books have sold over 100K copies in hardcover
AWARD-WINNING CREATOR - Darcie has won major librarian, literary, and sci-fi fantasy awards
FRESH NEW COVER - Features a new piece of art from Mia Ohki
TIMED TO NEW RELEASES - Elatsoe (paperback) and Sheine Lende (new hardcover) drop in October 2023 and April 2024
Marketing Plan
“Little Badger’s new genre-bending narrative draws on her heritage and the tradition of story-telling that has informed her worldview.”—TIME
"Her work is magical for all ages."—Den of Geek
“Undeniably charming. There is no pretension in the writing, no forced attempts at being on trend, and yet it is completely relevant—whether it is that certain characters are asexual, or use the pronoun they, or the power of the internet, or whether it is the frightening, timely talk of rapid climate change and how it effects more lives than just those of humans, whether it is to remind us that our longevity as humans is intertwined with that of other species, and with that of the earth, or whether it is to remind us of what is most important, the one thing that may save us all—the power of stories, and community.”—Tor.com
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781646144136 |
| PRICE | $12.99 (USD) |
