A Snake Falls to Earth

Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature ★ Two richly constructed worlds using a style that evokes the timeless feeling of listening to traditional oral storytelling. A coming-of-age story that beautifully combines tradition and technology for modern audiences.--Kirkus Reviews (starred) ★ Fun, imaginative, and deeply immersive, this story will be long in the minds of readers.--Publishers Weekly (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 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