Poppy and Rye

Heartbroken over the death of her fiancé, Ragweed, Poppy, a deer mouse, journeys west through the vast Dimwood Forest to bring the sad news to Ragweed's family. But Poppy and her prickly porcupine pal, Ereth, arrive only to discover that beavers have flooded the serene valley where Ragweed lived. Together Poppy and Ragweed's brother Rye brave kidnapping, imprisonment, and a daring rescue to fight the beavers. At the same time, Rye -- who has lived in Ragweed's shadow -- fights to prove himself worthy of Poppy's love.

Avi is such a mixed bag. The casual murderousness of the beavers along with their spurious bonhomie and the aphorism spouting of their leader is positively Orwellian. But the sentimentality is grating and the sudden appearance of Ereth is a bit too convenient and effective. Rye's adolescent angst is kind of convincing, though.

Heartbroken over the death of her fiance, Ragweed, Poppy, a deer mouse, journeys west through the vast Dimwood Forest to bring the sad news to Ragweed's family. But Poppy and her prickly porcupine pal, Ereth, arrive only to discover that beavers have flooded the serene valley where Ragweed lived. Together Poppy and Ragweed's brother Rye brave kidnapping, imprisonment, and a daring rescue to fight the beavers. At the same time, Rye -- who has lived in Ragweed's shadow -- fights to prove himself worthy of Poppy's love.

This story is talking about a family of golden mice that are living by a small pond that they call the brook. But one day, a family of beavers moved in and built a lot of lodges and almost flooded the mice. They flooded one house, so the mice had to build a new one. And then another mouse which was a deer mouse far away from the brook named poppy came with her best friend, ereth, the porcupine. Along the way they had traveled to many little ponds the animals who lived there called the brook. Finally, they reached a hill. Ereth went up a tree to sleep. Well, to try to sleep. But poppy went down the hill and explored the place and she met thistle. Thistle was the part of the golden family of mice, she was sitting under a mushroom. Thistle show more introduced poppy to her family, and their problem. Poppy and rye, the oldest brother, decide to try to tackle the dam problem.
I think this book was very good because it had a lot of good pictures and good words. I think you shall read this book because you shall read it. show less

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