Poppy

Format:

Book

Title:

Poppy

Author:

Avi, 1937- author

ISBN:

9780380727698

9780613033381

9780329526269

Edition:

Revised Harper Trophy edition.

Publication:

New York, NY : HarperTrophy, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2007.

Physical Description:

156, 15 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.

Series title(s):

Poppy stories ;

Number in series:

BK. 2.

General Note:

Excerpts are included from the book Poppy & Rye.

Originally published: New York : Orchard Books, 1995.

Summary:

A hoot owl, Ocax, rules Dimwood Forest and promises to protect the mice as long as they ask his permission to move about. Poppy is a deer mouse under the owl's protection, but when her fiance is killed by Ocax she defies the owl and begins a journey to a new place. Poppy wants to find a place where her family can live away from Ocax, but she has to do it without Ocax catching her.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR. MG 4.5 4.0 14795.

Subject(s):

Mice -- Juvenile fiction.

Genre:

Added Author:

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Salem Main Library	J Avi	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Library	ELEM AVI	Searching... Unknown
Searching... McMinnville Public Library	Avi	Searching... Unknown
Searching... McMinnville Public Library	Avi	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner * ALA Notable Book * ALA Booklist Editors' Choice * School Library Journal Best Book

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. The story is accompanied by inviting illustrations from Caldecott Medal-winning artist Brian Floca.

"This exciting story is richly visual. 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

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. So when Ragweed is scooped up by the sinister owl, Mr. Ocax, who rules over Dimwood forest, she's devastated. Her whole life she was warned of Mr. Ocax's evil ways...how could she have been so foolish to put herself and Ragweed at risk?

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 refuses to let them go. Despite what she's been led to believe for years, Mr. Ocax is not as strong as he wants the mice to think he is. 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 and lead her family to a better home.

A perennially popular story of courage and determination, Poppy is a fixture on state award lists and in classrooms across the country.

Author Notes

Avi was born in 1937, in the city of New York and raised in Brooklyn. He began his writing career as a playwright, and didn't start writing childrens books until he had kids of his own.

(Bowker Author Biography)