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We Can't All Be Rattlesnakes

We Can't All Be Rattlesnakes

Published in
2009
3.88
on Goodreads (732)

Description

Crusher the snake will charm readers in this entertaining, funny novel about a snake in captivity and how she turns the tables on her human captor.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.
Age
8-12
Text complexity
developing
Length
144 pages
Book in series
#1

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