- Fairy tales, Newbery Medal, Juvenile fiction, Princesses
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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Resolved, classical in form, effortless and meticulous.
- resolvedopen-ended
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- rawmeticulous
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Kate DiCamillo
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 267
- Publisher
- Poplar Publishing/Tsai Fong Books, Candlewick Press (MA), Querido Kinderboek
- Editions
- 52
- Language
- French, Spanish, Polish, tur
- ISBN
- 9788372361899
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