We Can't All Be Rattlesnakes
We Can't All Be Rattlesnakes
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We Can't All Be Rattlesnakes

Written by Patrick Jennings
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8 - 11
Reading age
121
Page count
560L
Lexile measure
Oct 4, 2011
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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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animalspetsmice, hamster, guinea pigs, etc.reptiles and amphibians

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780060821173
    Publication Date
    October 4, 2011
    Publisher
    HarperCollins
    Page Count
    121
    Audience
    Juvenile Reader
    Reading Age
    8 - 11 years
    Lexile® Level
    560L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~N
    Est. ATOS® Book Level
    ~3.7

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