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The sound of the king's music made Despereaux's soul grow large and light inside of him.

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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
Made
Large
Inside
Grow
Grows
Sound
Light
Soul
King
Music
Kings

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