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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | HarperCollins | | Page Count: | 208 Pages | | Publication Date: | May 31, 2000 | | Sales Rank: | 28,641th |
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Product Description
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? |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 28 reviews)
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RAGWEED: A Classic! by ira rosenholtz (Charleston, IL USA)  5 Stars
November 09, 2009
O.K., I'm a dog kind of guy. But cats, not me. And mice, forget it. Even "Of Mice and Men" is about a old dog and lots of puppies.
But then I got the book called "RAGWEED" by the author AVI and the illustrator Brian Floca, and it was TERRIFIC! And the mice and the cat all talk!!!
Most of the mice live in the city and they say the word "dude" a lot. But Ragweed at first was from the forest, and he had never heard the word "dude" back then. When he goes to the city, after a while Ragweed starts to say words like "dudes, like, cool man" or "stay here and chill". Even the names Ragweed, Clutch, Blinker, Lugnut, Dipstick, Muffler, Windshield (i.e. Windy), and Foglight (i.e. Foggy) are great. Even the cats (i.e. "the bad guys") Silversides and Graybar was interesting.
Anyhow, if you haven't tried it yet, give it a shot --- you'll like it. Trust me, dude!
P.S. --- Do you remember the actor Clayton Moore, "The Lone Ranger" ("Hiho Silver, Away"), the horse, Silver, and "Tonto" from the actor Jay Silverheels. Is there a connection with the cat "Silversides"?
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Ragweed by Jaime Mitchell (Virginia Beach) 5 Stars
September 01, 2008
I bought the book titled Ragweed for my granddaughter, who needed it for a summer reading project.She waited until the last minute to tell her mother, so I ordered it online at an unbelievable price and it came a few days later. The book was in great condition and everyone was happy.
Just a thank you for the sender and I may order the rest of the collection from him.
Jaime Mitchell
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Put in a mouses shoes.....  4 Stars
August 02, 2008
This is a VERY good book, for people up to the age of 15. As I finished this book, I told my mom that next time we went to Barnes and Noble, we had to get the 2nd. (Poppy). I finished that a couple of days ago and also loved it! Now I have book 3 and 4. It is not the best book I have ever read, that would be Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life. But this is running up. Although, I liked the 2nd Poppy, a little better than Ragweed. There just so different. Plus this really makes you appreciate all the living creatures (like mice), in this world. PLEASE READ!!!
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A Book Review From a Spiritridge Third Grader by Sara B. Richardson (Bellevue, WA) 5 Stars
March 22, 2007
Do you want an adventurous, dangerous, thrilling story that will make you jump out of your skin? Well, you should read Ragweed, by Avi. Ragweed is about a mouse that lives by a brook and wants to travel from country to country to see the world! He comes along a fork in the road and needs to decide which way to go. Suddenly, a vole bumps into him! Finding himself starting a conversation on which way to go, he discovers that one path leads to a railroad! So he follows it to the railroad and gets on one of the parked trains. After the train ride Ragweed runs top speed to escape a cat! The rest is SECRET until you read the book!
I enjoyed that Ragweed met lots of friends, including extremely unpleasant ones! For example, he meets Silversides and Graybar two unpleasant cats.
Readers who are interested in adventure and who can read thick chapter books should read this book! It is very satisfying!
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Ragweed 5 Stars
March 07, 2007
Avi's book, "Ragweed" tells a tale of a mouse named Ragweed who leaves his home to explore and experience new things. He sets off by train for Amperville, a big city with cars, music, and danger. Danger of cats. Silversides is the founder and president of F.E.A.R., which stands for Felines Enraged About Rodents. It's an organization where cats gather and get rid of mice. Graybar, the vice president is willing to help her. Later on, Ragweed meets and befriends band members known as Clutch, Dipstick, Lugnut and Blinker, a white, shy pet mouse. Among these friends, they decide that they should start a club without a cat trashing it. Together the mice transform an abandoned bookstore into a cool new club, the Café Independent. But with Silversides and Graybar on the move, just how long will the club remain?
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Poppy, a deer mouse, and Ereth, a grumbling porcupine, have been the best of friends for as long as the animals of Dimwood Forest can remember. An unstoppable pair ever since they defeated the tyrannical owl, Mr. Ocax, Poppy and Ereth have enjoyed many happy adventures together. But when a swirl of bitter winter storms buries Dimwood Forest in snow and Poppy's husband, Rye, dies suddenly, all Poppy wants is some privacy. "Dancing doorknobs," Ereth mutters to no one in particular, "how can...
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