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Jennings, Patrick

We Can't All Be Rattlesnakes

121 pp. | HarperCollins | January, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-082114-2 $15.99
(2) 4-6 Through wry narration, readers hear gopher snake Crusher's view of "lower life form" Gunnar (the kid who catches her) and his puzzling world. Crusher's adventures and her gradual development of compassion for mouse Breakfast (and even for Gunnar) work with Jennings's satire on American life to give this story terrific child appeal but also a lot of room for discussion.
Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2009

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