Kate DiCamillo can do no wrong. This three time Newbery Award winning author has written another extraordinary novel.
Flora and Ulysses is the story of an ordinary squirrel "born anew" after being traumatically sucked into a vacuum; and not just any vacuum--the Ulysses Super-Suction, Multi-Terrain 2000X. Flora Belle Buckman, a self proclaimed cynic and comic book lover, resuscitates the squirrel and names him Ulysses. But Ulysses is not the same squirrel. His brush with death has changed him. He is now capable of flight and super-strength. And perhaps best of all, he can write poetry...or something.
Squirtel. I am. Ulysses. Born anew.
In typical superhero fashion, Ulysses inevitably gains an arch-nemesis. “George..." says the arch-nemesis. "We have a problem. Your daughter has become emotionally attached to a diseased squirrel.”
Flora and Ulysses is quirky and sweet. The oftentimes silly and ridiculous plot twists are softened with subtle meaning. In addition, the novel is sprinkled with lovely full-paged illustrations and comic style action sequences by KG Campbell.
It will leave you wishing you had a Ulysses in your life.
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