
A captive snake plots escape, defying her captor's expectations.
Trapped in a terrarium by a boy named Gunnar, a clever gopher snake, misnamed Crusher, refuses to be a pet. Mistaken for a male, she plans a daring escape, possibly with her live mouse companion, Breakfast. Will she outsmart her captor and find freedom?
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.
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Language
This book includes multiple inclusions of profanity, including, "Good God!" and "God, Dad!", as well as saying the father and son were cursing while playing video games.
Sex
This book includes an instance of a boy getting undressed and the snake says, "It was then I learned he was male—what they call a boy."
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