But with Silversides and Graybar prowling the sewers, just how long can their independence last?. Together the mice transform an abandoned bookstore into a cool new club, the Cafe Independent, and plan a blowout-and cat-free-opening night.
In so doing, Ragweed learns to trust himself and take charge of his destiny. As for that annoying raccoon, he keeps getting in the way. Purchase: IndieBound Amazon Barnes & Noble Ages 8 to 12 HarperCollins Publishers Kirkus Reviews: Avi elaborates on the 'city mouse, country mouse theme in this rousing prequel to Poppy, starring Poppys ill-fated beau. Through these friends, he discovers a world where courage and loyalty are the keys to survival. The way Ragweed comes to Poppys aid, and how Poppy comes to his, is how their rousing and fateful friendship begins. Contact And More RAGWEED, by Avi Book One of the Poppy Stories. Ragweed befriends hipster band members Clutch, Dipstick and Lugnut as well as Blinker, a timid and vulnerable pet-store mouse. Ragweed and Poppy The first new book about Poppy in more than ten years, from Newbery Medal-winning author Avi with illustrations throughout by Caldecott. Silversides and club vice president Graybar, stalks her prey relentlessly. Founder and president of F.E.A.R.(Felines Enraged About Rodents), an organization dedicated to keeping cats on top, people in the middle, and mice on the bottom.
Long before Ragweed finds his way to Dimwood Forest and to Poppy, he leaves his family and serene country home behind and sets off by train for the big city, a place fraught with cars, buses, music, pleasure, excitement, attitude and danger-chiefly in the form of cats! Silversides, for instance, is an urbane specimen in a pink polyvinyl collar studded with diamond-like sequins. A prequel to Avi's award-winning Poppy, this is the story of Ragweed, the mouse Poppy loved and lost.
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