Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

Kate DiCamillo

Sep 2013 · Candlewick Press

About this ebook

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.

Ratings and reviews

I still want to Finish that book flora and Ulysses, so good, my favorite words are two of them, or something. And two is, ("TERRIBLE THINGS CAN HAPPEN TO YOU!") So funny, I love this book I would not leave the school because their reading it,or not miss a day or leave the school, or something.and as the book goes on, flora reads the comic, the amazing incandesto! (Sorry for spoiling, some of it or something.).

I freaking loved this book it was funny off the chain I hope the author makes more books like this one and I have one opinon please add just a cliffhanger so people would want to know more about whats goin happen next

The book was amazing and I never knew what was going to happen and that is what kept me reading. And the story isn't just about a squirrel it's about the friendship between Florra and Ulysses.

About the author

Kate DiCamillo is the author of many beloved books for young readers, including The Tale of Despereaux, which received a Newbery Medal; Because of Winn-Dixie, which received a Newbery Honor; The Tiger Rising, a National Book Award Finalist; The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, winner of a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award; The Magician’s Elephant; and the best-selling Mercy Watson series. Kate DiCamillo lives in Minneapolis.

K. G. Campbell is the author-illustrator of Lester’s Dreadful Sweaters. He was born in Kenya, raised in Scotland, and now lives in southern California.