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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  EET TREATS
  A V ALEN TI N ES D AY  THEME AN THOLOGY
  APRI L CAN AV AN
   ELI Z ABETH K N OX
   HJ  MARSHALL
  FLORA BURGOS  C. N .  MARI E  E. C.  LAN D
   K . C.  STON E
  J EW
  ELZ  BAX TER  CED AR ROSE  CHARLEN E RAQ UEL
  CLAI RE C.  RI LEY
  
  CON
  TEN
  TS
  Whiskey Tango
  April Canavan
  Frostbite
  Elizabeth Knox
  Wicked Love
  H.J. Marshall
  Shot to the Heart “Chops”
  Flora Burgos
  Seven Days of Violet
  C.N. Marie
  Devil’s Valentine
  E.C. Land
  Finding Hope
  K.C. Stone
  Sealed with a Promise
  Jewelz Baxter
  Accidentally Found Love
  Cedar Rose
  Trapped
  Charlene Raquel
  Mr. Valentine
  Claire C. Riley
  
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