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A #1 New York Times bestseller! 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.
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread (a Middle-Grade Classic about Courage, Friendship, and Fo
$8.99
With black-and-white illustrations and a refreshed cover by Timothy Basil Ering.
Book details
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- December 8, 2015
- ISBN
- 9780763680893
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press (MA)
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Age range
- 07–10
- Grade range
- 2–5
- BISAC
- Juvenile Fiction, Action & Adventure, Animals, Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc., Fairy Tales & Folklore, General, Fantasy
- Related subjects
- Mice, Fairy tales, Princesses