Their paths cross in a meaningful way, but their encounter is not the end-all and be-all of either of their narratives. Little Badger expertly intertwines the stories of her two protagonists, but I loved how neither Nina’s nor Oli’s story was really about the other person. So I knew that I couldn’t miss her follow-up, and I am happy to report that it is just as good.Ī Snake Falls to Earth is captivating from beginning to end. I love, love, love Darcie Little Badger’s first novel, Elatsoe, which I must have gifted at least half a dozen times in the past year (to adults and children alike). Oli is determined to help, even if it means traveling to another world. Just when he thinks he’s finally found his place in the world, a dear friend is stricken with a mysterious illness. But he’s barely out the door when trouble finds him, leading his new life in a direction he didn’t expect.
Oli is a young cottonmouth person from the land of spirits and monsters, the last of his many siblings to leave the family home and build a life for himself.
And after years of looking into it, she’s got a lead. Nina just knows there’s something important there, something that can explain, maybe, why there’s a photograph that suggests that Rosita was almost 150 years old, or explain if her tales of animal people are really true. After Rosita’s death, Nina spends years working to decipher her last story, the one Rosita insisted was a vital part of their family history. Nina has always been fascinated by her great-great-grandmother Rosita’s stories, even those she can’t understand because Rosita tells them in Lipan, an all-but-lost Apache language.
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