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The Tale of Despereaux is the story of an unlikely hero, a mouse, who falls in love with a princess and then must save her. It's a triumph of the human spirit, via a mouse.

Kate DiCamillo

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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
Stories
Falls
Human
Triumph
Tales
Humans
Save
Mouse
Must
Hero
Mice
Love
Story
Unlikely
Fall
Tale
Spirit
Princess

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