Title: Despereaux
Author: Kate DiCamillo
ISBN: 8427932588
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
We love love love Despereaux. My 3rd grader had a slow start but once he got into the story, it was a race to the finish. This is the first real novel he's read and his enthusiasm to tell me what just happened in each chapter was tremendous.
Of course my son was motivated to read the book because of the movie trailer:
