03 August 2010

The Tale of Despereaux

by Kate DiCamillo

I finished it. I liked it. I don't think I would have picked it out for myself. It is a book I would read to a class or a child. There was adventure, bravery, evil, darkness and light. It even held nuggets of wisdom:

"Might just as well be happy, seeing as it doesn't make a difference to anyone but you if you are or not..." pg 143
"Forgiveness, reader, is, I think, something very much like hope and love, a powerful, wonderful thing. And a ridiculous thing too...And he said ['I forgive you, Pa'] because he sensed that it was the only way to save his own heart, to stop it from breaking..." pg 207-8

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