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A brave mouse, a covetous rat, a wishful serving girl, and a princess named Pea come together in Kate DiCamillo's Newbery Medal–winning tale. Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the darkness and covets a world filled with light. And it is the story of Miggery Sow, a slow-witted serving girl who harbors a simple, impossible wish. These three characters are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering castle, and, ultimately, into each other's lives. What happens then? As Kate DiCamillo would say: Reader, it is your destiny to find out. With black-and-white illustrations and a refreshed cover by Timothy Basil Ering.
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The Tale of Despereaux, Kate DiCamillo
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- Released
- 2015
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- Title
- The Tale of Despereaux
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Kate DiCamillo
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press (MA)
- Released
- 2015
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN10
- 0763680893
- ISBN13
- 9780763680893
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Children's Books, Nature, Fantasy, Adventure, Young Adult, Animals, Love, Friendship, Fairy Tales & Stories, Young Adult Fantasy, Courage, Princesses, Kings, Palaces, Mice, Outsider, Rats
- Original title
- The Tale of Despereaux
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- A brave mouse, a covetous rat, a wishful serving girl, and a princess named Pea come together in Kate DiCamillo's Newbery Medal–winning tale. Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the darkness and covets a world filled with light. And it is the story of Miggery Sow, a slow-witted serving girl who harbors a simple, impossible wish. These three characters are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering castle, and, ultimately, into each other's lives. What happens then? As Kate DiCamillo would say: Reader, it is your destiny to find out. With black-and-white illustrations and a refreshed cover by Timothy Basil Ering.