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

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Published 13 December 2022 · Updated 25 April 2023

Category: books & literature

- Author: Kate DiCamillo
- Cover: ![Cover](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/elbb5aicbbfvnkpxekwg.jpg)
- Year of Publication: 2003
- Category/Genre: Fantasy
- Number of Pages: 320
- Goodreads Rating: 4.20
- Synopsis: 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. What happens then? As Kate DiCamillo would say: Reader, it is your destiny to find out.
- Link to Buy: [https://www.amazon.com/Tale-Despereaux-Being-Princess-Thread/dp/0763680893/ref=sr\_1\_1?crid=26OSJUTRHBW2F&keywords=The+Tale+of+Despereaux+book&qid=1670853608&sprefix=the+tale+of+despereaux+book%2Caps%2C247&sr=8-1](https://www.amazon.com/Tale-Despereaux-Being-Princess-Thread/dp/0763680893/ref=sr_1_1?crid=26OSJUTRHBW2F&keywords=The+Tale+of+Despereaux+book&qid=1670853608&sprefix=the+tale+of+despereaux+book%2Caps%2C247&sr=8-1&tag=listium03-20)
- Read?: false
- Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Notes: -