Poppy
Edition: 1st Harper Trophy edition
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: School & Library Binding
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780613033381
Copyright date: 1995
Subjects: Animals - Birds; Animals - Mice  Hamsters  Guinea Pigs  etc.; Juvenile Fiction; Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction; Fiction; Mice; Owls; Survival; Children: Grades 3-4
First sentence: A thin crescent moon, high in the sky, shed faint white light over Dimwood Forest.
Description: 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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