Synopsis:
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 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 bestselling author Kate DiCamillo comes a laugh-out-loud story filled with eccentric, endearing characters.
Review:
Original, touching and oh-so-funny tale starring an endearingly implausible superhero and a not-so-cynical girl. * Kirkus reviews * Don't miss this heart-warming, quirky adventure. * CBI Recommended Reads * gorgeous...a laugh-out-loud story filled with eccentric and endearing characters * Lytham St Anne's Express * A must read! * Books for Keeps * A squirrel, almost consumed by a vacuum cleaner, takes to writing poetry. The madness continues. -- Robert Dunbar * Irish Times * In the smart, zippy blend of text and graphic novel that is Flora & Ulysses [Flora] gets sucked into an incredible adventure. * Daily Telegraph * A quirky and enchanting tale about friendship, poetry, love and holy, unanticipated occurrences that encourages the reader to expand their imagination. Beautiful, mysterious, lyrical and gloriously random . . . not to be missed * The Book Bag *
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