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INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Scaletta, Kurtis

Mamba Point

279 pp. | Knopf | July, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-0-375-86180-2 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-375-96180-9 $19.99
(4) 4-6 Linus, not yet thirteen, moves to Liberia with his family in the summer of 1982. Companionship with a deadly black mamba snake, with which he can seemingly communicate, helps Linus shed his scaredy-cat image. Predictably, his attachment to the snake results in a near tragedy. Though the multitude of eighties references grow tiring and Linus is rather two-dimensional, his emotions are relatable.
Reviewer: Brittany Schlorff

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