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We Can't All Be Rattlesnakes
By Jennings, Patrick
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06082-114-2
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2009
Gr 4-6 After being captured by "an oily, filthy, fleshy human child" named Gunnar, a female gopher snake gets an up-close view of the human world. Christened Crusher by her captor, the snake communicates telepathically with the other reptiles in his room and learns that the boy has a bad track record with his pets, soon losing interest in them and becoming absorbed in his video games. Crusher at first refuses to eat any ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2009
"Crusher" is the name Gunnar gives the gopher snake he catches and adds to his collection of exotic animals, but he doesn't know his snake at all, not even its gender. Through Crusher's wry narration, readers get to know her and to hear her view of "lower life form" Gunnar as she tries to figure out this new and puzzling world. Her fellow prisoners in nea...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
Through wry narration, readers hear gopher snake Crusher's view of "lower life form" Gunnar (the kid who catches her) and h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
