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Despereaux marveled at his own bravery. He admired his own defiance. And then, reader, he fainted.

Kate DiCamillo

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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
Reader
Marveled
Fainted
Defiance
Admired
Bravery

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