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Description
"Forgiveness, light, love, and soup. These essential ingredients combine into a tale that is as soul-stirring as it is delicious." — BOOKLIST (starred review) 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... read more
Summary
Once upon a time...
Those are the most beautiful four words I've ever heard put together. Books like these were thought as lunch for the average mouse in the Kingdom of Dor. But not Despereaux. Despereaux Tilling was small, even for a mouse. But he heard and smelled more than any mouse,... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Despereaux: A fraglie, sickly little mouse who hears music, a beautiful thing that no other mouse can. Hears them with his amazingly large ears. "Honey," he calls the music as he is enchanted by the mesmirizing song. He discovers the library in the castly of Dor. His sibling chew on the "suculant" book as Despereaux reads the enchanting story of knighthood, shivalry, and honor. To his family, the world is a large, scary place full of humans that are not to be trusted, and crumbs just waiting to be seeked and sniffed...and eaten. But to Despereaux, the world is beautuful, golden place, with light bleeding throught the stained-glass windows. Everyone thinks he's odd and impossible. But oh, he is filled with realness and bravery he later has to show when he is sent down into the unlighted, sad dungeon. He goes on treachurous adventures, to save the beautiful, sad princess Pea.
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- Miggery
- Pea
- Princess Pea: a young girl who loves animals and has a big heart
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Authors & Contributors
- Kate DiCamillo (Author)
Awards
- Newbery Medal (2004, winner)
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