Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

By Kate DiCamillo

64 ratings 98 reviews 97 followers
Interest LevelReading LevelReading A-ZATOSWord Count
Grades 3 - 7Grades 1 - 5U4.3n/a
Winner of the 2014 Newbery Medal

Holy unanticipated occurrences! A cynic meets an unlikely superhero in a genre-breaking new novel by master storyteller 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 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 new format — a novel interspersed with comic-style graphic sequences and full-page illustrations, all rendered in black-and-white by up-and-coming artist K. G. Campbell.

Publisher: Candlewick
ISBN-13: 9780763687649
ISBN-10: 0763687642
Published on 9/13/2016
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 231

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AMAZING!!!!!!!!!Perfect for cynics and superheroes. its an awesome book,its so entertaining that sometimes i can't put it down! If you are someone who loves comic books and people are telling you to start reading what they call " true literature" then this is perfect for you. Even though I don't read comic books I always look for a funny book with some pictures and I have not found one until I have read this book. It is a have-to-read book.

Awejor Awejor

I love it!

I think this book is great because it has lots of characters and adventures.

It was okay not the best book by kate dicamillo

It's super hilarous because Flora's neighbors vacuum up a squirrel and once it comes out it looks dead so Flora gives it CPR.

I really love Flora and Ulysses. It is a really funny book.

This was one of the books on my reading list, and it has the kind of cover that if you judged a book by its cover, you would read it. You will love it, I tell you!!!!

It is a really great book to read it is a bit confusing at first but it's really great😊

Teenwolffan Teenwolffan

It is a really great book to read

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