Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
by Kate DiCamillo Author
(From Amazon): 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.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-0-7636-7671-1
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 68
- Pages
- 240
- Publisher
- Candlewick
- Edition
- Reprint
- Copyright
- 2015
Chapters
- 1 A Natural-Born Cynic
- 2 The Mind of a Squirrel
- 3 The Death of Squirrel
- 4 A Surprisingly Helpful Cynic
- 5 The Squirrel Obliges
- 6 In the Event of a Seizure
- 7 The Soul of a Squirrel
- 8 Helpful Information
- 9 The Whole World on Fire
- 10 Squirrel Smuggling
- 11 A Gigantic Vat of Incandesto!
- 12 The Forces of Evil
- 13 The Typewriter
- 14 Squirtel!
- 15 The Electric Chair
- 16 Victims of Extended Hallucinations
- 17 I Smell Squirrel
- 18 A Scientific Adventure
- 19 The Inadvertent I
- 20 What It Said
- 21 Poetry
- 22 A Giant Ear
- 23 Enter the Villain
- 24 Stalked, Chased, Threatened, Poisoned, Etc.
- 25 Seal Blubber
- 26 Spies Don't Cry
- 27 The World in All Its Smelly Glory
- 28 The Giant Do-Nut
- 29 Cootchie-Coo
- 30 Sunny-Side Up!
- 31 Holy Unanticipated Occurences
- 32 Sprinkles
- 33 Does Rabies Itch?
- 34 The Getaway
- 35 Fear Smells
- 36 Surprise. Anger. Joy.
- 37 Singing With the Angels
- 38 Unremitting Darkness
- 39 The Tears Roll Off
- 40 Vanquished!
- 41 I Promise
- 42 Foreboding
- 43 Treacle
- 44 Her Treacherous Heart
- 45 Four Words
- 46 Gianter
- 47 Flying Squirrels
- 48 Banished
- 49 Good News, Flora Belle!
- 50 An Incomplete List
- 51 Possessed!
- 52 Is There a Word For That?
- 53 A Sign
- 54 Dear Flora
- 55 A Stone Squirrel
- 56 Kidnapped!
- 57 Tootie to the Rescue
- 58 Nothing Personal
- 59 Destination Unknown
- 60 He Was Ulysses!
- 61 I Want To Go Home
- 62 Atop a Giant Donut
- 63 Little Fishes
- 64 A Miracle
- 65 Open the Door
- 66 Will You Please, Please Shut Up, William Spiver?
- 67 The Horsehair Sofa
- 68 The End (or Something)
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