Ocax and lead her family to a better home.Ī perennially popular story of courage and determination, Poppy is a fixture on state award lists and in classrooms across the country. Armed with the bravery, gumption, and wit of a hero, Poppy embarks on a dangerous quest-joined by the irascible but lovable porcupine, Ereth-to defeat Mr. Ocax is not as strong as he wants the mice to think he is. On his journey, he meets Lotar, a young and bothersome raccoon who has. Despite what she's been led to believe for years, Mr. Adventurous golden mouse Ragweed is on a freight train leaving the city of Amperville. To make matters worse, when Poppy attempts to move with her family to a different part of the woods where the food supply is richer, Mr.
Ocax's evil ways.how could she have been so foolish to put herself and Ragweed at risk? Ocax, who rules over Dimwood forest, she's devastated. So when Ragweed is scooped up by the sinister owl, Mr. Poppy knew she was taking a risk following her beloved Ragweed to Bannock Hill, but a night of dancing with the handsome golden mouse was just too tempting. The underlying messages, to challenge unjust authority and to rely on logic and belief in oneself, are palatably blended with action and suspense." - School Library Journal The story is accompanied by inviting illustrations from Caldecott Medal-winning artist Brian Floca. In the third book in the Tales of Dimwood Forest by Newbery Medal-winning author Avi, a tiny deer mouse named Poppy dares to stand up to a tyrannical owl.
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner * ALA Notable Book * ALA Booklist Editors' Choice * School Library Journal Best Book
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