The Tale of Despereaux

A brave mouse a covetous rat a wishful serving girl and a princess named Pea come together in Kate DiCamillo's Newbery Medal–winning tale.. 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. With black-and-white illustrations and a refreshed cover by Timothy Basil Ering.