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Ragweed

By Avi|Floca, Brian
Ragweed
This delightful tale chronicles the early adventures of Poppy's lost love, Ragweed. Determined to see the world, Ragweed leaves his family and country home and sets off by train for the big city, a place fraught with cars, buses, music, excitement, and danger. Illustrations.

Details

Authors: Avi|Floca, Brian
Copyright: 1999
Format: Paperback
GTIN13: 9780380801671
ISBN10: 0380801671
Page Count: 224
Dimensions: 5.26x0.52x7.68
Publisher: HarperCollins
Jacket Notes: A mouse has to do what a mouse has to do.

Ragweed is determined to see the world. He leaves his family and cozy country home and sets off by train for the big city. What wonders await him: music, excitement, new friends...and cunning, carnivorous cats! Silversides is the purring president of F.E.A.R. (Felines Enraged About Rodents), a group dedicated to keeping cats on top, people in the middle, and mice on the bottom. Can Ragweed and his motley yet musical crew of city nice--Clutch, Dipstick, Lugnut, and Blinker--band together to fight their feline foe?

Strand Notes

(Tales from Dimwood Forest). When Ragweed leaves Dimwood Forest for the big city, he finds many wonderful new experiences, as well as some run-ins with F.E.A.R. (Felines Enraged About Rodents), who are determined to keep Ragweed and his new friends "in line." Sequel to: "Poppy" and "Poppy and Rye." (Ages: 8-12).

Description

The first book in the beloved Poppy series by Newbery Medal-winning author Avi, with illustrations from Caldecott Medal-winning artist Brian Floca

A mouse has to do what a mouse has to do. Ragweed is determined to see the world. He leaves his family and cozy country home and sets off by train for the big city. What wonders await him: music, excitement, new friends...and cunning, carnivorous cats

Silversides is the purring president of F.E.A.R. (Felines Enraged About Rodents), a group dedicated to keeping cats on top, people in the middle, and mice on the bottom. Can Ragweed and his motley yet musical crew of city nice--Clutch, Dipstick, Lugnut, and Blinker--band together to fight their feline foe?

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