Sandeagozu by Janann V. JennerMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Watership Down and Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH meet Homeward Bound. It's the 1930's when a large python is captured and sold into the pet trade. Originally owned by a show-girl who dances with snakes, Sherahi eventually outgrows her part in the act forcing her sale to a pet shop specializing in exotic animals. Sherahi is no ordinary python, not only is she the largest python on earth, she possesses human intelligence plus extra serpentine powers.
Sherahi masterminds an escape, and travels across the country seeking nirvana at the Sandeagozu. A mythical sanctuary where all animals are free. Her traveling companions consist of a half-grown coati, a deformed langur, a plucked Scarlet Macaw and a cascabel (South American rattlesnake). They wend their way across the country from Brooklyn to California overcoming obstacles and roadblocks.
I absolutely adored this book the first time I read it. Of course, I was much younger then and the scientific inaccuracies didn't bother me as much. I still give it 4/5 stars, because the story is a good one. It's hard not to like the animals and really want them to make it to the promised land.
View all my reviews
No comments:
Post a Comment