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A review by lorathelibrarian
We Can't All Be Rattlesnakes by Patrick Jennings
4.0
Told from the point of view of gopher snake, We Can't All Be Rattlesnakes, is a unique story that many children will find interesting and hilarious.
The human, Gunnar, captures the gopher snake and promptly mistakes the snake for a male and names him Crusher. The snake is not too happy about this considering she doesn't even crush, she asphyxiates.
Gunnar takes Crusher home and introduces her to a whole new world that she just doesn't understand. There are boxes all over with other animals in them, these animals explain to Crusher that she is now a pet and that Gunnar isn't necessarily the kindest or brightest human.
Crusher is so distraught that she plans to escape, even if she doesn't understand anything about the indoors let alone what a house is. Gunnar tries to feed her dead frozen mice, but she refuses to eat so he brings her a live mouse. This completely backfires because Crusher starts to befriend the mouse (even though it is completely against her nature).
Watching the animals relationships unfold and seeing the world from a snake's perspective is very different and unique. I will recommend this book to a lot of middle grade readers who are looking for realistic fiction (even though this isn't it reads like it is) and animals lovers.
The human, Gunnar, captures the gopher snake and promptly mistakes the snake for a male and names him Crusher. The snake is not too happy about this considering she doesn't even crush, she asphyxiates.
Gunnar takes Crusher home and introduces her to a whole new world that she just doesn't understand. There are boxes all over with other animals in them, these animals explain to Crusher that she is now a pet and that Gunnar isn't necessarily the kindest or brightest human.
Crusher is so distraught that she plans to escape, even if she doesn't understand anything about the indoors let alone what a house is. Gunnar tries to feed her dead frozen mice, but she refuses to eat so he brings her a live mouse. This completely backfires because Crusher starts to befriend the mouse (even though it is completely against her nature).
Watching the animals relationships unfold and seeing the world from a snake's perspective is very different and unique. I will recommend this book to a lot of middle grade readers who are looking for realistic fiction (even though this isn't it reads like it is) and animals lovers.