DiCAMILLO, Kate. Flora & Ulysses. The Illuminated Adventures. Illustrated by K.G. Campbell. [Somerville, MA]: Candlewick Press [2013]. 8vo, [vi] 233pp. Red boards with spine stamped in gold and front pictorially stamped in blind. Pale orange endpapers; b&w illustrations throughout. Heel of spine a tad rubbed, else a fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (no medal affixed). Signed by the author, two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo!

 

First edition. 2014 Newbery Medal Winner! 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 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.