Kate Dicamillo's Flora And Ulysses

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I recently read a terrific book this year called Flora and Ulysses By: Kate DiCamillo. This book is a fantasy fiction, and won the John Newbery Award in 2014. The book is told from 3rd person point of view. Flora, the main character, inherited something strange on a late summer afternoon. Her Aunt had been given a Ulysses 2000x, some type of vacuum cleaner that was indoor and outdoor. They decided to give the vacuum cleaner a try outside, until “Poof. Fwump.” Before you know it Flora has a flying, typing, and abnormally strong squirrel, as a new pet. One of the things I absolutely loved about this book was how the main character, Flora relates her squirrel to her favorite super hero comic. For example, on page

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