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DiCamillo, Kate, and Timothy B. Ering. 2003. The tale of Despereaux: being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread. Cambridge, Mass: Candlewick Press. ISBN: 0763617229. Plot Summary: Despereaux Tilling was a very small mouse with huge ears whose mother was surprised to see him live past birth.  His [...]

Bibliography: Patron, Susan. 2006. The Higher Power of Lucky. Ill. by Matt Phelan. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. ISBN: 9781416901945. Plot Summary: Lucky is a ten year old girl who has lost her mother, gained a guardian, holds several jobs in her small desert town, and is searching for her Higher Power.  Lucky [...]