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Flora and Ulysses : The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo (2016, Trade Paperback)

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Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by DiCamillo, Kate [Paperback]

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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.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Candlewick Press
ISBN-10
0763687642
ISBN-13
9780763687649
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219685320

Product Key Features

Book Title
Flora and Ulysses : the Illuminated Adventures
Author
Kate DiCamillo
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Fantasy & Magic, Family / Marriage & Divorce, Action & Adventure / General, General, Girls & Women, Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes, Animals / Squirrels
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Juvenile Fiction
Number of Pages
256 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
7.6in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
7 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Pz7.D5455fl 2016
Grade from
Third Grade
Grade to
Seventh Grade
Reviews
In Flora and Ulysses, longtime fans will find a happy marriage of Mercy Watson's warmth and wackiness and Edward Tulane's gentle life lessons. In Flora, they will find a girl worth knowing, and one they will remember. -The New York Times Book Review Newbery-winner DiCamillo is a master storyteller not just because she creates characters who dance off the pages and plots, whether epic or small, that never fail to engage and delight readers. Her biggest strength is exposing the truths that open and heal the human heart. She believes in possibilities and forgiveness and teaches her audience that the salt of life can be cut with the right measure of love. -Booklist (starred review) Original, touching and oh-so-funny tale starring an endearingly implausible superhero and a not-so-cynical girl. -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Despite supremely quirky characters and dialogue worthy of an SAT prep class, there's real emotion at the heart of this story involving two kids who have been failed by the most important people in their lives: their parents. -Publishers Weekly (starred review) Rife with marvelously rich vocabulary reminiscent of the early superhero era (e.g., "Holy unanticipated occurrences!") and amusing glimpses at the world from the point of view of Ulysses the supersquirrel, this book will appeal to a broad audience of sophisticated readers. There are plenty of action sequences, but the novel primarily dwells in the realm of sensitive, hopeful, and quietly philosophical literature. -School Library Journal (starred review)
Illustrated by
Campbell, K. G.
Copyright Date
2016
Lccn
2019-296873
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes