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A 2003 Newbery Medal winning story. The author spins a tidy tale of mice and men where she explores the "powerful, wonderful, and ridiculous" nature of love, hope, and forgiveness. Her old-fashioned, somewhat dark story, narrated "Dear Reader"-style, begins "within the walls of a castle, with the birth of a mouse." Despereaux Tilling, the new baby mouse, is different from all other mice. Sadly, the romantic, unmouselike spirit that leads the unusually tiny, large-eared mouse to the foot of the human king and the beautiful Princess Pea ultimately causes him to be banished by his own father to the foul, rat-filled dungeon. The first book of four tells Despereaux's sad story, where he falls deeply in love with Princess Pea and meets his cruel fate. The second book introduces another creature who differs from his peers--Chiaroscuro, a rat who instead of loving the darkness of his home in the dungeon, loves the light so much he ends up in the castle& in the queen's soup. The third book describes young Miggery Sow, a girl who has been "clouted" so many times that she has cauliflower ears. Still, all the slow-witted, hard-of-hearing Mig dreams of is wearing the crown of Princess Pea. The fourth book returns to the dungeon-bound Despereaux and connects the lives of mouse, rat, girl, and princess in a dramatic denouement. Children whose hopes and dreams burn secretly within their hearts will relate to this cast of outsiders who desire what is said to be out of their reach and dare to break "never-to-be-broken rules of conduct." Timothy Basil Ering's pencil illustrations are stunning, reflecting DiCamillo's extensive light and darkness imagery as well as the sweet, fragile nature of the tiny mouse hero who lives happily ever after. Ages 9 and up.

一只小老鼠，爱上一个公主，可是公主却被坏耗子跟恶女仆关起来了，为了救出公主，他冲破重重困难，救出了公主！这个纯真童话故事里面，蕴含了孩子们需要懂得的一切世间真理——爱、友谊、宽容、勇气、救赎和坚毅，也同样适合孩子般纯真的你来阅读。德佩罗·蒂林是一只小老鼠，他从小体弱多病，好不容易才长大，跟哥哥姐姐们在图书馆里吃书度日。他学会了认字，而且热衷阅读，尤其喜欢那些英雄救美的故事。有一天，他爱上了一位叫作豌豆的公主，公主也喜欢上了这只可爱的小老鼠。因为女仆的嫉妒和坏耗子的憎恨，可怜的公主被他们胁持进了黑暗的地牢。德佩罗挺身而出，单枪匹马营救公主脱离了危险。小小德佩罗不但上演了一出不可思议的英雄救美的浪漫剧，而且证明了：只要有爱，一切皆有可能。