Great Works: Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures: An Instructional Guide for Literature (Paperback)

from Rosa.Mill

Ulysses is a squirrel who gets sucked into a vacuum cleaner and dies for a few seconds, then Flora brings him back to life and he is imbued with superhero powers. Ulysses addition to the family brings Flora's family and some new friends together in unexpected ways. This was a much more fun book t...

from klburnside

Flora & Ulysses is the most recent Newbery winner. It is the tale of a girl who is a self-proclaimed cynic and a squirrel who becomes a poetry-typing superhero after getting sucked up by a vacuum cleaner. I know it is a ridiculous premise, but it was imbued with just enough meaning that it worked...

from BraveNewBks

This book is definitely for a young audience, but the vocabulary is fairly advanced and the story is pretty entertaining. Flora is a pre-teen girl who wishes the world were more like the comic books she reads -- but then, suddenly, it is! She befriends a squirrel with superpowers! She identifies ...

from jothebookgirl

This engaging, humorous, quirky novel will appeal to both the male and female reader. A common backyard squirrel gets vacuumed up in a super deluxe vacuum cleaner Tootie received as a birthday gift from her husband. The squirrel is not breathing so Flora takes the situation on, by doing CPR on th...

from krau0098

I have read all of Dicamillo's books and really enjoyed them all. So when I saw she had released another book I was excited to read it. This book was a departure from Dicamillo's usual deep and beautiful writing, it was pretty darn hilarious but touches on some deep topics all the same. I ended u...