Mamba Point
By: Kurtis Scaletta.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780375861802; 9780375961809
Subjects: Human-animal relationships -- Fiction; Americans -- Liberia -- Fiction; Black mamba -- Fiction; Snakes -- Fiction; Family life -- Liberia -- Fiction; Courage -- Fiction; Supernatural -- Fiction; Liberia -- History -- 1980- -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: After moving with his family to Liberia, twelve-year-old Linus discovers that he has a mystical connection with the black mamba, one of the deadliest snakes in Africa, which he is told will give him some of the snake's characteristics. Includes facts about the author's experiences as a thirteen-year-old American living in Liberia in 1982.