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Candlewick Press (MA), 2016-13-09

Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

Kate DiCamillo, Author

K G Campbell, Illustrator

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9780763687649

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Rescuing a squirrel after an accident involving a vacuum cleaner, comic-reading cynic Flora Belle Buckman is astonished when the squirrel, Ulysses, demonstrates astonishing powers of strength and flight after being revived. Novel interspersed with comic-style graphic sequences and full-page illustrations, all rendered in black-and-white.
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A squirrel, a vacuum, and a comic-loving girl become the unlikely core of this oddball, heart-expanding adventure. Laced with wordplay, wit, and wonder, the story celebrates friendship, imagination, and the superpowers hidden in kindness.

Keywords and Themes: Action & Adventure • Comics & Graphic Novels • Family • Fantasy • Friendship • General • Hope • Humor • Identity • Imagination • Individuality • Joy • Juvenile Fiction • Kindness • Marriage & Divorce • Superheroes • Wonder • Wordplay

Readability • 4.2

Age Range • 8-12

Pages • 256

Subjects • Squirrels • Superheroes

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure • Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Superheroes • Juvenile Fiction | Family | Marriage & Divorce • Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy | General

A New York Times bestseller!

Available in a paperback edition! The beloved 2014 Newbery Medal winner by former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Kate DiCamillo.

It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequences. The squirrel never saw the vacuum cleaner coming, but self-described cynic Flora Belle Buckman, who has read every issue of the comic book Terrible Things Can Happen to You!, is the just the right person to step in and save him. What neither can predict is that Ulysses (the squirrel) has been born anew, with powers of strength, flight, and misspelled poetry -- and that Flora will be changed too, as she discovers the possibility of hope and the promise of a capacious heart. From #1 New York Times best-selling author Kate DiCamillo comes a laugh-out-loud story filled with eccentric, endearing characters and featuring an exciting format -- a novel interspersed with comic-style graphic sequences and full-page illustrations, all rendered in black-and-white by artist K. G. Campbell.

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