TY - BOOK AU - Avi, AU - Floca,Brian TI - Poppy T2 - Poppy stories SN - 9780380727698 PY - 2007/// CY - New York, NY PB - HarperTrophy, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers KW - Mice KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Owls KW - Survival KW - Animals N1 - Excerpts are included from the book Poppy & Rye; Originally published: New York : Orchard Books, 1995; Ages 8-12; Accelerated Reader AR; MG; 4.5; 4.0; 14795 N2 - 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 ER -