Patrick Jennings
We Can't All Be Rattlesnakes
I am a snake.
No, not a rattlesnake. I just look like one. I'm a gopher snake.
One day an oily, filthy, fleshy human child crossed my path. As luck would have it, he knew the difference between a gopher snake and a rattlesnake. He has imprisoned me in a terrarium. His name is Gunnar. He calls me Crusher. He thinks I'm male. I'm not.
He dropped in a dead mouse and hoped I'd eat it. I buried it. He then dropped in a live one, which he called "Breakfast." I didn't lay a coil on it.
Gunnar thinks I'll be his adoring pet. He's wrong.
In fact, I am planning my escape. I may take Breakfast with me.
Crusher will charm readers in this entertaining, clever novel about a snake in captivity and how she turns the tables on her human captor.
- Series
- AWARDS: Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Awards 2012 Grades 3-5
- ISBN
- 0060821140 / 9780060821142
- Pages
- 128
- Weight
- 8.0 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 0.6 in.
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