Kate DiCamillo was well known for her award winning The Tale of Desperaux. I haven’t read it, this was my first of hers. But after this book, DiCamillo’s works will certainly be on my lookout list.
The story was about Edward Tulane, a blue china rabbit. He was beautiful with real rabbit's fur on his ears and tail, tall body, and eyes that were painted a penetrating and intelligent blue. But Edward was vain and loves only himself; he didn’t even like it when people called him “a doll” or “it”, and he didn't even truly loved his owner, a little girl named Abilene. But on an accident, Edward was forced to start a journey that will help him in finding true love. Edward’s journey took me on an extraordinary experience, I quote: “…from the depths of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the top of a garbage heap to the fireside of a hoboes' camp, from the bedside of an ailing child to the streets of Memphis.”
Sounds like an average story to you? Well, believe me, my shallow writing is certainly will not be sufficient enough to help you truly understand why I totally love this book; you’ll have to read it for yourself.
With its simple yet very deep story, this book gave me the new meaning of children’s book. It gave me the feeling of reading Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist: you know, when you finally see and find that the thing that you’ve always looking for is actually already there, in front of you; the feeling that while already knowing the ending, you don’t mind in searching because you know you’re gonna really enjoy the process. And want to know something? When reading the last passage on this book, I had goosebumps all over!
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