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The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
3.0

Pleasant little story, with creepy rat villains (and as someone who is viscerally revolted by rats, it's nice to see them as the horrible antagonists for once, rather than some cutesy friendly things - even though I know intellectually that, yes, yes, they're intelligent creatures and can be loyal pets, still ew). I did however find it a little repetitive and a lot self-conscious.