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Love, Danger, Homecomings & Heart β€” Your June Reading Escape Starts Here

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One disastrous night. One devastating man. One diabolical proposition.


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The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

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Also by Kate DiCamillo:

The Beatryce Prophecy, October 2021
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Flora and Ulysses, October 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
The Magician's Elephant, September 2009
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Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride, May 2006
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The Tale Of Despereaux, April 2006
Paperback
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, February 2006
Hardcover
The Tale of Despereaux, August 2003
Hardcover
The Tiger Rising, July 2002
Paperback
Because of Winn-Dixie, August 2001
Paperback (reprint)

THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
By: Kate DiCamillo

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

Candlewick
August 2003
272 pages
ISBN: 0763617229
Hardcover
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The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.

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