John McDonough
1) Poppy
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Poppy the deer mouse urges her family to move next to a field of corn big enough to feed them all forever, but Mr. Ocax, a terrifying owl, has other ideas.
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The first new book about Poppy in more than ten years, from Newbery Medal-winning author Avi with illustrations throughout by Caldecott Medal-winning artist Brian Floca. How did Ragweed and Poppy meet and become friends? This book tells their hilarious story! Adventurous golden mouse Ragweed is on a freight train leaving the city of Amperville. On his journey he meets Lotar, a young, annoying, and lost raccoon who's desperate to reunite with his mother....
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[Misty series] volume 3
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English
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A foal, born in the aftermath of a great storm, and her famous mother help raise money to repair the storm damage on Chincoteague Island and restore the herds of wild ponies on Assateague Island.
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Red gloves volume 1
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Bitter and grief-stricken after the loss of his wife and daughter, Earl Gibson has lost his faith in God and lives homeless on the street, until he encounters Gideon, a seven-year-old leukemia patient determined to reach out to him.
10) Ragweed
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Ragweed, a young country mouse, leaves his family and travels to the big city, where he finds excitement and danger and sees cats for the first time.
11) Silverwing
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[Silverwing trilogy] volume 1
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English
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When a newborn bat named Shade, but sometimes called "Runt," becomes separated from his colony, he grows in ways that prepare him for even greater journeys.
12) Homer Price
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In six preposterous tales, Robert McCloskey takes a good look at the face of mid-western America with humorous and affectionate eyes.
13) Sunwing
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[Silverwing trilogy] volume 2
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Shade, a young bat, searching for his father, continues his struggle against the power of Goth the cannibal bat, now king of all the Vampyrum Spectrum, who plans to wipe out the sun.
14) Firewing
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[Silverwing trilogy] volume 3
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Griffin, a young bat, is sucked into the "Underworld," and his father follows to rescue him.
15) Ereth's birthday
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Feeling neglected on his birthday, Ereth, the cantankerous old porcupine, sets out looking for his favorite treat and instead finds himself acting as a "mother" to three fox kits.
16) Poppy's return
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Poppy, accompanied by her troublesome son Junior, his skunk friend, and Uncle Ereth the porcupine, responds to a summons to return to her ancestral home, Gray House, to save the mice there from destruction by a bulldozer.