FLORA AND ULYSSES

by Kate DiCamillo

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FLORA AND ULYSSES is a sweet story about a squirrel who is almost killed by an over powerful vacuum cleaner and a girl who is struggling with her parent divorce. Ulysses survives the act and now has super powers including the ability to us a typewriter. Ulysses uses this ability to communicate with Flora, his new owner. Flora does not get along with her mother very well and believes that she does not love her. Her mother caught Ulysses using her typewriter and now wants to kill him. Can Ulysses survive and prove his worth to Flora's parents? 

Several pages in the book include comic book style with illustrations and captions. I would recommend this book to 3rd to 6th graders who enjoy magical powers and adventure. The book also won the Newbery Medal in 2014.