Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures (A Middle-Grade Novel About a Cynical Girl and a Superhero Squirrel - For Kids Ages 8-12 in Grades 3-7) by Kate DiCamillo

A New York Times bestseller! The beloved 2014 Newbery Medal winner by former National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature 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 best-selling author Kate DiCamillo comes a laugh-out-loud story filled with eccentric, endearing characters and featuring an exciting format — a novel interspersed with comic-style graphic sequences and full-page illustrations, all rendered in black-and-white by artist K. G. Campbell.

From the Publisher The Tale of Despereaux The Tiger Rising The Magician's Elephant The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Flora and Ulysses Because of Winn-Dixie Add to Cart Add to Cart Add to Cart Add to Cart Add to Cart Add to Cart Customer Reviews 7,454 3,944 2,387 11,062 4,536 14,811 Price $6 51 $5 22 $7 73 $6 30 $5 59 $7 55 Read Kate DiCamillo's classic bestselling novels! A brave mouse, a covetous rat, a wishful serving girl, and a princess named Pea come together in Kate DiCamillo's Newbery Medal–winning tale. Twelve-year-old Rob Horton is stunned to encounter a tiger—a real-life, very large tiger—pacing back and forth in a cage. On the same extraordinary day, he meets Sistine Bailey, a girl who shows her feelings as readily as Rob hides his. When a fortuneteller's tent appears in the market square, orphan Peter Augustus Duchene knows the questions that he needs to ask: Does his sister still live? Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who adored him completely. And then, one day, he was lost... 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 is just the right person to step in and save him. One summer’s day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries—and comes home with a dog. But Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. In fact, just about everything that happens that summer is because of Winn-Dixie. The Puppets of Spelhorst The Hotel Balzaar Ferris Orris and Timble: The Beginning Add to Cart Add to Cart Add to Cart Add to Cart Customer Reviews 401 186 438 269 Price $9 55 $7 47 $9 49 $9 84 Brand new books from one of America’s most beloved storytellers! The first in the Norendy Tales! Five puppet friends find their fates woven together by chance when they land on a mantel in the home of two little girls. Beloved creator writes a new series full of humor, heart, and wisdom. The second in the Norendy Tales! A mysterious countess with a parrot checks in at the Hotel Balzaar and promises seven stories. As they unfold, Marta begins to wonder: could the secret to her father’s disappearance lie in these tales? COMING SOON! Ferris Wilkey's summer before fifth grade is sheer chaos. How can she satisfy a ghost, help her family, and stop a raccoon invasion? As grandma says, “Every good story is a love story,” and Kate DiCamillo has written one for the ages. Read the first book in Kate DiCamillo's new warm and funny early-reader trilogy about Orris the kind rat and Timble the naive owl — and the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Ideal for Mercy and Deckawoo fans!