Teaser Tuesday: RAGWEED by Avi; illustrated by Brian Floca

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme hosted by
Miz B. of  Should Be Reading.

Want to play along? Here's what to do:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

I must be going through some kind of rodent phase. I've just about finished reading NIGHTSHADE CITY by Hillary Wagner; I've begun listening to SQUIRREL SEEKS CHIPMUNK by David Sedaris; and I'm toying with the idea of reading either REDWALL by Brian Jacques or WATERSHIP DOWN (though rabbits aren't rodents, they are soft, small, and furry!) by Richard Adams.

The quote I've chosen from RAGWEED isn't about mice, however.  It's about their nemisis, the embittered and vengeful cat, Silversides. 

My teaser:

"Silversides shuddered.  As they went along she became caught up in her thoughts again. How, she asked herself, had she ever come to such a pass, picking her way through this horrid place with such a low-life cat, with the intent of wreaking havoc on disgusting mice? Could she have done something better with her life?"  Page 187

RAGWEED
by Avi
illustrated by Brian Floca

Pub. Date: May 2000

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback, 224pp

Sales Rank: 21,144

Age Range: 8 to 12

Series: Poppy Stories Series

ISBN-13: 9780380801671

ISBN: 0380801671

Edition Description: Reprint