A think crescent moon, high in the sky, shed faint white light over Dimwood Forest.
An edition of Poppy
(1995)
Poppy
1st Harper Trophy edition
by Avi
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At the very edge of Dimwood Forest stood an old charred oak where, silhouetted by the moon, a great horned owl sat waiting. The owl's name was Mr. Ocax, and he looked like death himself. With his piercing gaze, he surveyed the lands he called his own, watching for the creatures he considered his subjects. Not one of them ever dared to cross his path . . . until the terrible night when two little mice went dancing in the moonlight . . .
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Deer mice, golden mice, great horned owls, porcupines, salt licks, children's novels, Action & Adventure, Young adult works, Young adult fiction, Fiction, Juvenile audience, Animals, Open Library Staff Picks, Survival, White-footed mouse, Owls, Mice, Juvenile fiction, Mice -- Fiction, Owls -- Fiction, Animals -- Fiction, Survival -- Fiction, Children's fiction, Mice, fiction, Owls, fiction, Dimwood Forest (Imaginary place), Forest animalsPlaces
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"A thin crescent moon, high in the sky, shed faint white light over Dimwood Forest."
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Poppy is a children's novel written by Avi and illustrated by Brian Floca. The novel was first published by Orchard Books in 1995. Poppy is the first-published of Avi's Tales From Dimwood Forest series. Within the narrative sequence of the series, it is the third book. In 1996, Poppy received the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for fiction.
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