About This Book

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. And what happens then? As Kate DiCamillo would say: Reader, it is your destiny to find out.

About the Authors or Illustrators

Kate DiCamillo

Newberry Medal winner Kate DiCamillo wrote her first book, Because of Winn-Dixie, because she was homesick for Florida, where she grew up. She discovers, rather than creates, her very lifelike characters.

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