38 pages • 1 hour read
Darcie Little BadgerA Snake Falls to Earth
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
Little Badger uses different naming schemes for the chapter titles that follow Oli and the ones that follow Nina. Why is that? Compare and contrast how the chapters’ titles shape your experience of the stories of the two protagonists.
A Snake Falls to Earth consists of vignettes, or short episodes, following Nina and Oli and jumping forward and backward through time. Why do you think Little Badger chose this structure? What would be different if she had only used Nina or Oli as the sole protagonist?
The end of the novel leaves several loose threads—namely, the Nightmare’s continued existence and the adventures ahead for Oli and his family. What would you like to see addressed in a potential sequel and why?
