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.

凱特迪卡米洛

1964年齣生於美國賓夕法尼亞州，曾獲得1998年邁剋奈特基金會作傢奬金、2001年紐伯瑞兒童文學奬銀奬、2004年紐伯瑞兒童文學奬金奬、2006年波士頓全球號角書奬金奬、2014年紐伯瑞兒童文學奬金奬等諸多奬項。《紐約時報》評論說，凱特已經成為美國當代童書界最耀眼的明星。

日前，美國國會圖書館任命凱特為第四任青少年文學國傢大使。她相信故事和書籍的力量，認為故事能將人們聯係在一起。凱特錶示，她將盡可能地發揮大使的作用，鼓勵越來越多的人參與讀書計劃。