A snake falls to earth

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A snake falls to earth / Darcie Little Badger.

Little Badger, Darcie, 1987- (author.). Levine Querido, (publisher.).

Summary:

Fifteen-year-olds Nina and Oli come from different worlds--she is a Lipan Apache living in Texas and he is a cottonmouth from the Reflecting World--but their lives intersect when Oli journeys to Earth to find a cure for his ailing friend and they end up helping each other save their families.

Record details

ISBN: 1646140923
ISBN: 9781646140923
Physical Description: 372 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher: Montclair [New Jersey] : Levine Querido, 2021.
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

General Note:: "This is an Arthur A. Levine book"--Title page verso.
Formatted Contents Note:: Machine generated contents note: Nina, age 9 -- Cottonmouth is cast from home -- Nina, age 13 -- Cottonmouth is hunted by a monster -- Nina, age 13 -- Cottonmouth meets the Coyote Sisters -- Nina, age 14 -- Cottonmouth meets Cooper's hawk and a sinister stranger -- Nina, age 15 -- Cottonmouth meets a bounty hunter -- Cottonmouth reaches a fork in the road -- Nina, age 16 -- Cottonmouth challenges death -- Nina, age 16 -- Cottonmouth meets the scribes -- Nina, age 16 -- Cottonmouth hatches a plan -- Nina, 3 days before landfall -- Cottonmouth journeys to the fourth peak -- Nina, 3 days before landfall -- Cottonmouth meets an originator -- Cottonmouth falls to earth -- Nina, 3 days before landfall -- Nina, 2 days before landfall -- Cottonmouth stars in an action movie -- Nina, 2 days before landfall -- Cottonmouth confronts an impostor -- Nina, 2 days before landfall -- Cottonmouth remembers flowers -- Nina, shortly before landfall -- Cottonmouth, Hawk, and they Coyote Sisters fight the wind -- Nina, Cottonmouth, and Coyote fight a tornado -- Cottonmouth returns -- Nina, shortly before landfall -- Cottonmouth's heart breaks -- Nina defies the nightmare -- The knight flies away -- Two weeks later -- One year later.
Target Audience Note:: HL710L Lexile.

Ages: 14-18.

Grades: 9-12.
Awards Note:: Newbery Honor Book, 2022

National Book Awards Longlist for Young People's Literature Award, 2021