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.Īnd there are some who will kill to keep them apart. In A Snake Falls to Earth, she draws on traditional Lipan Apache storytelling structure to weave another unforgettable tale of monsters, magic, and family. Nina and Oli have no idea the other exists. He's found a new one on the banks of the bottomless lake. Like all cottonmouths, he’s been cast from home.

Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters. In a starred review, Kirkus magazine called it a fast-paced whodunit set in a contemporary world like our own, this is a creative fusion of Indigenous.

She’s always felt there was something more out there. Darcie Little Badgers novel A Snake Falls to Earth is written from both the first and third person points of view. Darcie Little Badger draws on traditional Lipan Apache storytelling structure to weave another unforgettable tale of monsters, magic, and family. This is a heady blend of Faerie lore, high fantasy, and high school drama, dripping with description that brings the dangerous but tempting world of Faerie to. New York Public Library’s Best of the YearĪutostraddle’s Best Queer Books of the YearĪ Snake Falls to Earth is a breathtaking work of Indigenous futurism.

I found the first half of this book interesting but slow to read. A Snake Falls to Earth is steeped in Native American tales from the authors Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas. Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2022. Minneapolis Star Tribune Best of the YearĬhicago Public Library’s Best of the Best Review written February 14, 2022, from a library book.

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