num_pages: 269
description: Very minimal signs of shelf wear to cover, but all pages are clean, bright and intact. Binding is tight. SHIPS NEXT BUSINESS DAY!
language: English
title: The Tale of Despereaux
titlecomplete: The Tale of Despereaux
characters: Miggery Sow, Despereaux Tilling, Princess Pea, Chiaroscuro
genres: Fiction, Animals, Adventure, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Chapter Books, Classics, Childrens, Fantasy
ratings_count: 193455
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
category: Children's Literature, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Kentucky Bluegrass Award
category: 3-5, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Garden State Book Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Land of Enchantment Book Award
category: Young Adult, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Massachusetts Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Blue Hen Book Award
category: Chapter Book, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Maine Student Book Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Mitten Award
category: Honor Book, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Golden Archer Award
category: Intermediate, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Indian Paintbrush Book Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award
category: Junior, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Kinderbuch, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: New Mexico Land of Enchantment Award
category: Young Adult, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Oklahoma Sequoyah Award
category: Children's, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Scholastic