'A Snake Falls To Earth' tackles real life issues in a fantastical world
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Is There a Lipton Language?
Nina hears a story from her great great grandmother, rosita, right before rosita dies. But it's in lipon, an nous language that nina can't understand. She goes on a journey to try to translate this story. What does she discover on that journey? So this plot point was actually inspired by some very real issues that lippon young adults are dealing with to day in terms of our language. We're attempting to revitalize it. The problem is that we don't really speak it fluently.
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