Reviews, Awards, Honors: Poppy

Review

Publishers Weekly:

"Newbery Honor author Avi turns out another winner with this fanciful tale featuring a cast of woodland creatures.  . . . While the themes about tyranny and heroism are timeless, Avi leavens his treatment with such 20th-century touches as Poppy's jive-talking boyfriend and Poppy's own romantic vision of herself as Ginger Rogers. An engaging blend of romance, suspense and parody, this fantasy is well-nigh irresistible."

Awards and Honors

Boston Globe-Horn Book Best Fiction Award, 1996
New Mexico's Children Choice Award, 1999
National Christian School Association, Crown Classic, 1998
Maryland's Children's Choice Award, 1998
ALA Notable, 1996
Publishers Weekly, 1995, starred review
Booklist, 1995, starred review
Booklist, Best Books of the year, 1995
School Library Journal Best Books of 1995
New York Public Library Best Books of the Year, 1995
Book Links Salutes a Few Good Books, 1995
Nominated for twenty five state children's choice awards.