{"product_id":"9780061985676_we-cant-all-be-rattlesnakes","title":"We Can't All Be Rattlesnakes","description":"\u003cp\u003eCrusher 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am a snake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo, not a rattlesnake. I just look like one. I’m a gopher snake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGunnar thinks I’ll be his adoring pet. He’s wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn fact, I am planning my escape. I may take breakfast with me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eUnlikely Friendship:\u003c\/b\u003e Crusher is supposed to eat the live mouse dropped in her tank. Instead, she finds herself protecting a tiny, white-furred creature named Breakfast.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSarcastic Narrator:\u003c\/b\u003e Told from the witty, defiant point of view of Crusher, a gopher snake who has some very strong opinions about her “oily, filthy, fleshy human child” captor.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAnimal Adventure Story:\u003c\/b\u003e From outsmarting her captor Gunnar to planning a great escape, this is a hilarious adventure about seeing the world through a very different pair of eyes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFriendship and Empathy:\u003c\/b\u003e A laugh-out-loud chapter book for kids that explores big ideas about freedom, friendship, and what it means to care for someone you were never supposed to like.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Patrick Jennings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46925408206997,"sku":"9780061985676","price":4.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780061985676.jpg?v=1776889764","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780061985676_we-cant-all-be-rattlesnakes","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}