Poppy /
Avi, 1937-
Poppy / Avi ; illustrated by Brian Floca. - Revised Harper Trophy edition. - 156, 15 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm. - Poppy stories ; book two . - Avi, 1937- Poppy stories ; bk. 2. .
Excerpts are included from the book Poppy & Rye. Originally published: New York : Orchard Books, 1995.
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.
Ages 8-12.
9780380727698 0380727692 9780613033381 0613033388 9780329526269 032952626X 9781439518991 1439518998
95006040
Mice--Juvenile fiction.
Owls--Juvenile fiction.
Survival--Juvenile fiction.
Animals--Juvenile fiction.
Poppy / Avi ; illustrated by Brian Floca. - Revised Harper Trophy edition. - 156, 15 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm. - Poppy stories ; book two . - Avi, 1937- Poppy stories ; bk. 2. .
Excerpts are included from the book Poppy & Rye. Originally published: New York : Orchard Books, 1995.
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.
Ages 8-12.
9780380727698 0380727692 9780613033381 0613033388 9780329526269 032952626X 9781439518991 1439518998
95006040
Mice--Juvenile fiction.
Owls--Juvenile fiction.
Survival--Juvenile fiction.
Animals--Juvenile fiction.