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A Snake Falls to Earth 2021
A Snake Falls to Earth is a 2021 speculative novel written by Darcie Little Badger and targeted at readers aged 12–18. The work belongs to the genre of Indigenous Futurism, which explores "the process of 'returning to ourselves', which involves discovering how personally one is affected by colonization, discarding the emotional and psychological baggage carried from its impact, and recovering ancestral traditions in order to adapt in [a] post-Native Apocalypse world."
The story centers on two figures: Nina, a Lipan Apache girl, and Oli, a cottonmouth youth who resides in the realm of spirits and creatures. Though they begin their journeys unaware of each other, occurrences in their separate realities lead them together. Throughout the novel, Little Badger uses traditional Lipan Apache storytelling methods to build a tale featuring beasts, enchantment, and the significance of kinship.
A Snake Falls to Earth received the 2021 Andre Norton Award and the 2022 Ignyte Award for Best Young Adult Novel. Additionally, it was named a Newbery Honor book and appeared on the longlist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
Details
- Publisher
- Levine Querido
- ISBN
- 9781646141142
