title: Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
author:  Kate DiCamillo 
description: Gr 37Flora starts off her 10th summer by promising her mother that she'll spend more time reading real books, and less time poring over the pages of her favorite superhero comics. But neither she nor her mother could have predicted that her summer would be one long superhero adventure, starring none other than Flora and her new pet squirrel, Ulysses. Ulysses gains super-squirrel strength after being sucked into a vacuum cleaner, and he changes the Buckman family's lives, renewing a sense of hope and optimism in Flora. Fans of the title's print version (Candlewick, 2013) will likely be disappointed by its audio adaptation. The novel features a number of fun cartoons, and does not translate well without the accompanying artwork, which plays a significant role in telling the story. While reader Tara Sands makes a valid attempt to differentiate male and female characters, she does not quite pull it off. The men in the novel come off sounding hokey and exaggerated. While DiCamillo's work shines on paper, the excessive use of dialogue tags, and absence of corresponding artwork, make this novel a poor choice as a read aloud.Jennifer Furuyama, Pendleton Public Library, OR
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  **Table of Contents**
  
   _ _Title Page__
  
   _ _Copyright Page__
  
   _ _Dedication__
  
   _ _Acknowledgements__
  
    
  
  _CHAPTER ONE_
  
   _CHAPTER TWO_
  
   _CHAPTER THREE_
  
   _CHAPTER FOUR_
  
   _CHAPTER FIVE_
  
   _CHAPTER SIX_
  
   _CHAPTER SEVEN_
  
   _CHAPTER EIGHT_
  
   _CHAPTER NINE_
  
   _CHAPTER TEN_
  
   _CHAPTER ELEVEN_
  
   _CHAPTER TWELVE_
  
   _CHAPTER THIRTEEN_
  
   _CHAPTER FOURTEEN_
  
   _CHAPTER FIFTEEN_
  
   _CHAPTER SIXTEEN_
  
   _CHAPTER SEVENTEEN_
  
   _CHAPTER EIGHTEEN_
  
   _CHAPTER NINETEEN_
  
   _CHAPTER TWENTY_
  
   _CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE_
  
   _CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO_
  
   _CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE_
  
   _CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR_
  
   _CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE_
  
   _CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX_
  
   _CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN_
  
    
  
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