A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger

From Levine Querido: Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature ★ “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 (starred)  ★ “Fun, imaginative, and deeply immersive, this story will be long in the minds of readers.”—PW (starred) ★ “Magical, stunning, and wholly original.”—Booklist (starred) 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