Tales of Desperaux (Reviewed by Katherine)

Intro:

This tale begins with a birth of a mouse. A small mouse...................................



Genre and Summery:

This thrilling tale is fantasy. Because of the mice and rats speaking in the book shows that this book is fantasy. The Tale of Despereaux is not only fantasy but a great book!! The book starts out with a very odd mouse. He has big ears and has a very small body. He has another problem besides everyone making fun of him, he has been sent to the dungeon!! But while he is locked away there are even bigger problems! This mean old rat has plans for the princess and he has his tricks that make a girl named Miggery Sow go wild. The book has so much suspense it makes you go crazy!!


Strengths and Weaknesses:

The beginning of this book is a weakness, because there wasn't much suspense.The book has more strengths and I will tell you some of them. One of them is that the book is very exciting because the parts make you shake, bite your fingernails and go crazy. Another strength is that you can't put the book down. You can't get enough. You'll love this great stuff!


Recommendation:

Flip, flip.....that is what you'll be doing when you get into this book. But we are going to talk about the recommendation because you need to know. The age I would recommend this book to is fourth through sixth graders because it would be hard, easy and crazy. What I mean is that it might be hard for younger ages. It may be easy for older kids. And it may be crazy for younger or older ages. For example, it may have too much suspense for some people. But I love the excitement and suspense. So if you decide to read this or not (but I would), you are in for a wild ride. If you like roller coasters, you will love this book.