Garden State Children's Book Award
2016 · Fiction · Nominee
About This Book
Holy unanticipated occurrences! A cynic meets an unlikely superhero in a genre-breaking new novel by master storyteller 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 new format — a novel interspersed with comic-style graphic sequences and full-page illustrations, all rendered in black-and-white by up-and-coming artist K. G. Campbell.
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 new format — a novel interspersed with comic-style graphic sequences and full-page illustrations, all rendered in black-and-white by up-and-coming artist K. G. Campbell.
Awards
Nutmeg Book Award
2016 · Intermediate · Nominee
Young Reader's Choice Award
2016 · Junior/Grades 4-6 · Nominee
Bluebonnet Award
2015 · Children's · Nominee
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
2015 · Children's · Nominee
Kentucky Bluegrass Award
2015 · Grades 3-5 · Nominee
Massachusetts Children's Book Award
2015 · Children's Book · Nominee
Nene Award
2015 · Children's Fiction · Nominee
North Carolina Children's Book Award
2015 · Junior Book · Nominee
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
2015 · Grades 3-6 · Nominee
Volunteer State Book Award
2015 · Intermediate · Nominee
Alabama Camellia Award
2014 · Grades 4-5 · Nominee
Buckeye Children's Book Award
2014 · Grades 3-5 · Nominee
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens
2014 · Seven to Ten · Recommended
Christopher Award
2014 · Books for Young People · Winner
E.B. White Read Aloud Award
2014 · Middle Readers · Winner
Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award
2014 · YA & Middle Grade · Winner
Junior Library Guild
2014 · Selection
Newbery Medal
2014 · Children's · Winner
National Book Award
2013 · Young People's Literature · Longlist
Parents Choice Award (Fall) (2008-Up)
2013 · Fiction · Gold Medal Winner
Junior Library Guild
2013 · Selection
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