It's interesting and funny. My favorite character was the princess pea.

This book addresses issues such as being different from others and overcoming obsticals to achive your dreams. The book does have dark and gloomy aspects to it. However the message is about overcoming the darkness. The main characters are faced with many challenges that children can relate to and learn from.

Our family, adults and children alike, had a hard time with this book and found that its gritty darkness was not nearly outweighed by the positives. Overall, themes such as betrayal, abandonment, abuse, mob vengance, and hopelessness made this book completely inappropriate for younger children, and unenjoyable for us. A more rewarding plot might have justified some of these issues for older readers, but unfortunately this was not the case.

this was a very good book what could be better then the story of cute little mouse whth cute little ears that loves a fair princess?

My 7 year old daughter and I read this together. She loved it and so did I. At her age it gives a great message. I think if she reads it again each year the story will be deeper each time. ....and as enjoyable as the first time.

I loved the theme of dedication, love, and loyalty. However, I was rather saddened by the amount of violence and betrayal. I think the worst part was the story of Migery Sow's childhood. On a positive note, the new Junior Novelization seems to change the story line to remove the super negative parts of the orginal. If you are going to read it to your child you may want to prepar them. :)

This book is good for the older middle schoolers. There are some questionable behaviors in the book but overall it is good.

Newberry committee should be scolded! A child is abused and abandoned, not interesting enough? The author felt the child should be slow-witted, fat and lazy as well. How dare she make light of a child who is treated so shamefully. It added nothing to the story other than showing she had a “ridiculous wish” this author should be ashamed of herself. This is un-kind and insulting to the half million “at-risk” children in this country who dream of a day of safety. Those bitten by abandonment, afflicted with abuse and inoculated into a crumbling foster care system are entitled to have their wishes validated. “At risk” children are a growing epidemic in this country they are suffering a terrible disease. This disease is sometimes more debilitating and often just as deadly as many medical condition. For many of them it is a chronic illness from which they will never recover. Can we accept literature such as this to be read to our children? We should make light of Sick Kids too! I wouldn’t tell anyone to buy this rubbish, but get it at the library and read for you. This author owes 600,000 apologies. She should start writing NOW! www.labeled4entertainment.com

One of the worst books I have ever read to my children. The casual violence, including casual battering of a little girl, is stomach turning. Kate Di Camillo is the trendy favorite because she tries to make child abuse and abandonment the norm. It is not the norm, Kate, and it is not funny or entertaining.

This new fairy tale is a must read. Great for young and old! I enjoyed the style Dicamillo wrote about the characters.

This book was a book I will never forget> I thought it was a book that kids 8 and up would enjpy and love. Kids under 8 top me I think would not like some of the chapters because of the violence. But overall you should buy the book, keep it, and read it!!!!

to much talk on *** and i love how my family is not failing

I love this book! I read in the third grade and its was kind of easy. But I've read this book @ least 4 times.I love the book and the movie!!

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This is a really good book for young readers. Great story with a really cute twist. I would recomend for ages 6+ for girls and 8+ for boys, just because there is romance that young boys would maybe think is gross. I read it in 4th or 5th grade and loved then too, so good book for all ages. Cute movie also.

This book wasn't too bad. I enjoyed it, but I wouldn't heavily recommend it.

i read this book so long ago and i just reread it. it was the best. if you have 5-10 year old in your house this book is a must

This was the best book I have ever read, I recomend it to any one that can read it and understand it very well. GET OFF THE COMPUTER AND READ IT!!!

I absuloutly ADORE this book! I have read it three times in a row! must read for any age!!!

I read this book and it's a pretty good book but some stuff is hard to understand. Some things may creep younger kids because of the thought that rats eat mice. Otherwise a really great book.

This was such an amazing book. I love reading all of it. I never got bored. I wanted to know everything right then so i kept reading and reading. I would suggest this book to everyone. Please read it. You'll love it.

I really loved this book. i dont know it was something about i tthat made me go WOW!! :)

Despereaux

This book is great. Abrave about a brave mouse who has falen in love with the princess pea. Ofcourse at hte end they cant be together since Despereaux is a mouse and Princess Pea is a human. Stil the ending of this book is a true happily ever after.

Hope, courage, love, friendship, and of course, soup: these are the ingredients for a classic and heart-warming book. We start with the story of our hero, small Despereaux Tilling who loves a princess dnamed Pea. Then we leave him and enter the story of Roscuro, a rat who's heart broke and then mended in a strange way. Next we meet a girl named Miggery Sow, who wants her mother and to be a princess, but sadly, no one really cares what she wants. Finally, we see them all come together and how their lives are all tangled up with each other. This story is full of giggles, tears, and smiles. Do you believe in happily ever after? Read it as soon as your eyes see the cover and you wont be disappointe! One of the things, though, that parents might worry about is the violence. If you are sensitive to that kind of thing, you might want to wait until you are a little older. And another thing they might be worried about is Miggery Sow, an orphan who gets taken by a man who "gives her a good clout in the ear" when she doesn't do what he wants her to. Her ears become swollen and she can't hear as well anymore. Still, this is not the main event in the story, and you shouldn't be too concerned. Great book!

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. And what happens then? As Kate DiCamillo would say: Reader, it is your destiny to find out.

Love the book so, so much! It's a little bit long, however timeless. It's a must-read for everyone 8 and up. Loved it!!!

I loved this book so much. It has adventure and everything I like in a book...

I love the tale of desperaux!I just got done reading it with my class.It's awesome!

This book has been a favorite of mine since the 5th grade. it is full of adventure sorrow and all around hilarious. i read it at least once or twice a week. its a fun and exciting journey for a mouse chasing what he loves a princess. a light loving rat. and a poor little girl who wants to be princess more than the world but no one cares what she wants.

I started reading desperaux today.So far it is a really good book.I didnt like the part when Desperaux's dad went against him. I wouldn't like it at all if my dad did that to me.I thought those words his dad used were wrong.