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The Tale of Despereaux

Memorable quotes: 1. "Reader, you must know that an interesting fate (sometimes involving rats, sometimes not) awaits almost everyone, mouse or man, who does not conform." 2. "Might just as well be happy, seeing as it doesn't make a difference to anyone but you if you are or not." 3. "There is no knight in shining armor; it's all just make-believe, like happily ever after."

I think these are memorable because they are all true. The first one will tell you that almost everyone will have and interesting life, and I also think that it will catch up to you in the future, so you might as well get used to who you are. The second one says that you should be happy no matter what, and yes this is true. This will make you have an interesting fate as the first one says. The third means that you need to be your own knight in shining armor so that you will live a happy life and so that you will also die happy knowing that you did all that you could with your life. Critic Reviews: [Kate DiCamillo] shifts gears, demonstrating her versatility while once again proving her genius for mining the universal themes of childhood.... I must tell you, you are in for a treat. Ages 7-12.
 * Publishers Weekly**

Gr 3 Up-This expanded fairy tale is entertaining, heartening, and, above all, great fun.
 * School Library Journal - Miriam Lang Budin**

Starred Review. Gr. 3-6. Forgiveness, light, love, and soup. These essential ingredients combine into a tale that is as soul stirring as it is delicious....Ering's soft pencil illustrations reflect the story's charm.
 * Booklist - Ilene Cooper**

Children whose hopes and dreams burn secretly within their hearts will relate to this cast of outsiders who desire what is said to be out of their reach and dare to break "never-to-be-broken rules of conduct." Timothy Basil Ering's pencil illustrations are stunning, reflecting DiCamillo's extensive light and darkness imagery as well as the sweet, fragile nature of the tiny mouse hero who lives happily ever after. (Ages 9 and older) ( [] ) This is called mad world by Gary Jules. I chose this because in the book they live in a mad world for most of the book. With the king going crazy about no soup and the death of his wife and the infamous rats, he is totally going about everything. So in this book they truly live in a “mad world”, such as the title of the song suggests. ( [] ) I chose axel f because in this song it reminds you of fun and color and really just anything happy, and family guy, but in the story at times it may be boring for you, but if you keep reading on then you will see that it has some “colorful” parts to the book. The action scenes seem to bring out the most color thought.
 * Amazon.com - Karin Snelson**