Mamba Point

When his dad gets a job at the U.S. embassy in Liberia, twelve-year-old Linus Tuttle knows it''s his chance for a fresh start. Instead of being his typical anxious self, from now on he''ll be cooler and bolder: the new Linus.
 
But as soon as his family gets off the plane, they see a black mamba--one of the deadliest snakes in Africa. Linus''s parents insist mambas are rare, but the neighborhood is ...