The Tale of Despereaux
Sam Fell, Robert Stevenhagen, 2008
The Tale of Despereaux: Junior Novelization
Jamie Michalak, Kate DiCamillo, 2008
The Tale of Despereaux: Junior Novelization is a movie novelization written by Jamie Michalak and Kate DiCamillo in 2008 and based on the movie The Tale of Despereaux, directed by Sam Fell and Robert Stevenhagen in 2008. The movie features Matthew Broderick, Robbie Coltrane, Dustin Hoffman, Richard Jenkins, Kevin Kline, Frank Langella, and others.
What users say
“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
The Movie is based on
Book by Kate DiCamillo
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Storyline
The sailor Pietro and his rat companion Roscuro dock in the kingdom of Dor, famous around the world for its delicious soups, during the Royal Soup Day. Roscuro sneaks into the royal banquet hall and falls into the Queen’s soup, giving her such a fright that she has a heart attack and dies.
Movie vs Book
Year
2008
Minutes
93
Movie Rate
6.10
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Tale of Despereaux
Director: Sam Fell, Robert Stevenhagen
Country: UK
Year: 2008
Length: 1h33m
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Year
2008
Pages
224
Book Rate
7.82
S: Goodreads
Book
The Tale of Despereaux: Junior Novelization
Author: Jamie Michalak, Kate DiCamillo
Country: USA
First published in: 2008
Length: 224 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“I’m always frustrated when somebody makes a movie out of a book and they leave the book behind, or the heart of it.”
SEAN PENN (Actor, Filmmaker)
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