Colorado Blue Spruce Award
2007 · Young Adult · Nominee
About This Book
This is the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in darkness but covets a world filled with light. And it is the story of Miggery Sow, a slow-witted serving girl with a simple, impossible wish. These 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?
Reader, it is your destiny to find out.
Reader, it is your destiny to find out.
Awards
Garden State Children's Book Award
2006 · Children's Fiction · Winner
Massachusetts Children's Book Award
2006 · Children's Book · Winner
Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award
2006 · Children's Literature · Honor Book
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
2006 · Grades 4-8 · Nominee
Young Reader's Choice Award
2006 · Junior/Grades 4-6 · Winner
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award
2005 · Grades 4-6 · Winner
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
2005 · Children's · Winner
Golden Archer Award
2005 · Intermediate · Winner
Kentucky Bluegrass Award
2005 · Grades 3-5 · Winner
Land of Enchantment Book Award
2005 · Young Adult · Winner
Maine Student Book Award
2005 · Grades 4-8 · Winner
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
2005 · Grades 3-6 · Nominee
Rhode Island Children's Book Award
2005 · Grades 3-6 · Nominee
Sequoyah Book Award
2005 · Children's · Winner
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
2005 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Volunteer State Book Award
2005 · Grades 4-6 · Winner
Book Sense Book of the Year Award
2004 · Children's Literature · Nominee
Colorado Blue Spruce Award
2004 · Young Adult · Nominee
Minnesota Book Award
2004 · Young Adult · Finalist
Newbery Medal
2004 · Children's · Winner
Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007)
2003 · Silver · Winner
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