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As featured by Amelia Vahtrick in the October 6-12 Buzz.
Book Description
Welcome to the story of Despereaux, an unforgettable literary hero for our time from the pen of award-winning writer Kate DiCamillo. The Tale of Despereaux takes the reader back to the timeless genre of fairytales, but with a fantastic modern twist and a wryly witty authorial voice. The Tale of Despereaux is the story of a tiny, fragile-looking mouse with a huge heart.
It?s a fairytale of heroes and villains; of a beautiful princess who inspires love and courage in the unlikely hero; of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in a dark, bleak dungeon and longs for the light and of a servant-girl, whose one wish is to be a princess. These characters? lives become inextricably entwined in this classic new story for all ages.
ISBN: 9780744598698
ISBN-10: 0744598699
Audience:
Children
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 272
Published: 1st June 2004
Dimensions (cm): 20.0 x 15.5
x 2.1
Weight (kg): 0.367