Flora
& Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick Press, September 2013
Some
books you open and immediately start to read aloud, needing to share
with someone- anyone; Flora and Ulysses is one of these books.
A run-in with a vacuum cleaner grants Ulysses the squirrel the powers
of super-strength, flight, and poetry. Flora witnesses Ulysses'
transformation and vows to help him fight evil, using knowledge
acquired from her favorite comics. But every superhero has an
arch-nemesis, and Ulysses' is Flora's mother. Add a host of quirky
characters, the never-ending search for love, and illuminations by
K.G. Campbell and you've got a surprising, romping adventure certain
to wow readers of all ages. Acclaimed writer Kate DiCamillo manages
to show the value inherent in all people, and all genres of
literature, with one quirky book.
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