78 pages • 2 hours read
Flora And Ulysses
Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013
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Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
- Genre: Fiction; middle-grade adventure/fantasy
- Originally Published: 2013
- Reading Level/Interest: Lexile 520L; grades 3-6
- Structure/Length: 68 chapters and epilogue; approx. 240 pages; approx. 4 hours, 30 minutes on audio
- Protagonist and Central Conflict: When 10-year-old Flora Belle Buckman rescues a squirrel from her neighbor’s vacuum cleaner, the animal’s unusual abilities convince Flora that he is a superhero just like the ones she reads about in her beloved comic books. The format of the story includes comic-style illustrations and text types.
- Potential Sensitivity Issues: Divorce
Kate DiCamillo, Author
- Bio: Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1964; grew up in Clermont, Florida after moving there due to chronic pneumonia; studied English at the University of Florida at Gainesville; became interested in writing for children while working at a book warehouse; writer of award-winning middle grade novels, chapter books, and picture books; a Library of Congress National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Emerita (2014)
- Other Works: Because of Winn-Dixie (2000); Tiger Rising (2001); The Tale of Despereaux (2003); The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (2006); Raymie Nightingale (2016); The Beatryce Prophecy (2021)
- Awards: National Book Award Longlist for Young People's Literature (2013); School Library Journal Best Books of the Year Selection (2013); Junior Library Guild Elementary Selection (2013); winner of the Newbery Award (2014); ALSC Notable Children’s Books Commended Selection (2014)
