Newbery Honor Winner 
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 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.