A Snake named sam Author:Mary Phraner Warren "Sam is beautiful. He's a long brown and orange corn snake - the star in Corky's menagerie. 'You can feel his muscles ripple,' Corky says generously to anyone who's interested. But mostly no one is. Especially Aunt Mildred. And Corky's mother, who says Sam has got to go. The trouble is when a family moves from the wide open desert country o... more »f Oregon to a small city house in Portland there's not enough space for snakes or boys or anything. Playing hooky to go fishing with his new friend Nogs makes things more exciting for Corky. It also helps him to meet Mr. Mac, the school principal, who tells him about the Grow program - which has all sorts of field trips and good projects like fossil hunts . . . Together they have all sorts of misadventures with an abandoned shack, a drifting houseboat, a fake fire alarm, and a school thief before Corky's reptile project makes Sam socially acceptable. Even girls and boys who don't like snake will like this great story! [from book sleeve]« less