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The Tale of Despereaux
by Kate DiCamillo
This has always been one of my favorite books. I've read it at least 8 times.
This book is about a mouse named Despereaux who is a disappointment to the mouse community, because he is nothing like a mouse at all! He doesn't scurry. He likes music, and light, and reading. He loves and wants to be loved. His father decides that he is a danger to them and so they banish him to the dungeon.
Another thing about this book is that it switches perspectives a lot. It switches from Despereaux, to Roscuro, or Miggery Sow. Next it switches to Roscuro.
Roscuro is a rat. But he is not like other rats. He loves light. After a plight that happens upstairs he becomes angry, and revengeful on the Princess Pea. He comes up with a plan to take the light out of her life, just like she did to him.
Miggery Sow is just a little girl when her mother dies, and not long after is sold to a stranger for only a handful of cigarettes, a hen, and a red table cloth. After seeing the princess riding past her house one day, it is her dream to become a princess too. She is taken away from her "uncle" (who is not her uncle at all) When a soldier comes to his house and says that soup is outlawed (which was a result of the same situation that made Roscuro evil). Apparently a human is not allowed to own another human though, so they take Miggery to the castle to be a servant.
To find out the rest, I just recommend reading it. I think this book is great for people of all ages, honestly. It's great for kids though because it ropes them in with that classic castle and princess theme, but then introduces more originality with a little hero of a mouse. It also introduces them to larger words to enhance their vocabulary. The tone of the author also really compliments the story. I just think it is beautifully written.
This book is about a mouse named Despereaux who is a disappointment to the mouse community, because he is nothing like a mouse at all! He doesn't scurry. He likes music, and light, and reading. He loves and wants to be loved. His father decides that he is a danger to them and so they banish him to the dungeon.
Another thing about this book is that it switches perspectives a lot. It switches from Despereaux, to Roscuro, or Miggery Sow. Next it switches to Roscuro.
Roscuro is a rat. But he is not like other rats. He loves light. After a plight that happens upstairs he becomes angry, and revengeful on the Princess Pea. He comes up with a plan to take the light out of her life, just like she did to him.
Miggery Sow is just a little girl when her mother dies, and not long after is sold to a stranger for only a handful of cigarettes, a hen, and a red table cloth. After seeing the princess riding past her house one day, it is her dream to become a princess too. She is taken away from her "uncle" (who is not her uncle at all) When a soldier comes to his house and says that soup is outlawed (which was a result of the same situation that made Roscuro evil). Apparently a human is not allowed to own another human though, so they take Miggery to the castle to be a servant.
To find out the rest, I just recommend reading it. I think this book is great for people of all ages, honestly. It's great for kids though because it ropes them in with that classic castle and princess theme, but then introduces more originality with a little hero of a mouse. It also introduces them to larger words to enhance their vocabulary. The tone of the author also really compliments the story. I just think it is beautifully written.