Oli loves Ami but is wary of all other creatures, believing they will harm or deceive him in some way. Here he meets a small toad named Ami who becomes his only friend. Oli eventually finds a spot to live near the bottomless lake. Oli bites the alligator in order to escape, but loses his favorite possession in the process: a blanket given to him by his mother.

Like Oli, the alligator is able to transform into a human-like form. In the first spot where he sets up camp, he is attacked by an alligator person. Almost as soon as he ventures out into the Robin-Kept Forest, Oli is overcome by fear and homesickness. Like all of his siblings, he must leave his mother and childhood cottage in order to create an independent life beyond. Meanwhile, a 15-year-old cottonmouth snake named Oli is sad to be leaving home. Nina also knows that her grandmother gets sick every time she leaves the land, but is completely healthy when she is at home.

Her family has told her stories about encountering animal people on the property. Her grandmother's ancestral land also seems to possess some magical qualities. The more she studies and researches, the more mysteries she encounters. She is desperate to understand if such creatures still exist, and if they can still travel between the two worlds. She knows that there once was an era when life on Earth was connected to life in the Reflecting World, a parallel realm that houses animals, monsters, animal people, and spirits. She believes it holds the answers to the many mysteries accumulating around her. Over the course of the following seven years, Nina remains determined to translate Rosita's story. However, because Rosita is speaking an Apache dialect which no one speaks any longer, Nina cannot understand the majority of what she is saying. Shortly before Rosita's death, she tries to tell Nina an important story. Although Nina has no friends and misses her mother constantly, she is close with her grandmother and great-great-grandmother, Rosita.

Her mother's translating work keeps her away from home for extended periods of time. Nina is a 9-year-old girl living in Texas with her father. The following summary employs a linear plot structure and the present tense. Over the course of the novel, the author braids her two main characters Nina's and Oli's disparate storylines into one legendary tale of friendship and bravery. Chronicle Books, LLC, 2021.ĭarcie Little Badger's novel A Snake Falls to Earth is written from both the first and third person points of view. The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Little Badger, Darcie.

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