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A bi-weekly podcast in which two besties read young adult fantasy through a critical lens

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  • book, A Snake Falls to Earth, on a white scarf surrounded by 4 skeins of yarn
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    Episode 77: A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger

    February 21, 2023 /

    Y’all, we’re excited to bring you this episode about A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger, a (relatively) newly minted Newberry Award honor winner!! Worlds collide when a group of animal spirits (including a cottonmouth snake, a pair of coyote twins, a Cooper’s hawk, and a magpie) crosses over to the human world in order to save their wee toad friend from death/extinction. Young human Nina and her family based in South Texas are inextricably tied up in this multi-species adventure.  No show notes, so go pick up this book from your library instead! As Jessie notes in the episode, since it’s a Newberry honor, many libraries will…

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  • Elatsoe on a blue and white marble background
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    Episode 57: Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

    September 14, 2021 /

    hey, coven! we’re excited to bring you this discussion of Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger.  J & K both loved this book and are gonna recommend it widely going forward. *ALERTA* Darcie has a new book coming out November 9th, A Snake Falls to Earth. We’re definitely pre-ordering and/or requesting from the library!! Please take our survey if you haven’t already! We’ve already implemented some of your suggestions, so we’d love to know what else you’re looking for in the show. Recommend if you like… RL Stine, Goosebumps, etc.  Paranormal investigator/mystery stuff (X-files, Fringe, Lovecraft Country)  DOGGOS  What We Do in the Shadows (tv show or movie)  Reservation Dogs (tv series, FX on Hulu)…

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    Episode 53: Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart

    July 13, 2021
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    Episode 48: Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland

    February 23, 2021
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    Episode 30: The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

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