Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

This is the tale of a mouse who must save a human princess. Despereaux has done the unspeakable. He has spoken to humans and he even claims to be in love with the Princess Pea. For this, the High Mouse Council sentences him to be thrown into the dungeon where the rats will surely kill him. Despereaux, though, escapes the dungeon only to find that his precious princess has been kidnapped by a wicked rat and a poor dimwitted serving girl. Despereaux must go back to the dungeon, this time by his own choice, in order to save the princess he loves. This Newbery winner is a tale of romance, adventure, chivalry and . . . soup.

Awards won: John Newbery Medal

Reviewed by: caroll

Date read: 12/29/2010

ISBN-10: 0763617229

ISBN-13: 9780763617226

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