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Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillos New Novel to Publish September 24, 2013
On sale 9/24/2013
ISBN: 978-0-7636-6040-6 $17.99 ($20.00 CAN) 240 pages Ages 812
illustrated by K. G. Campbell
Somerville, MA Candlewick Press is pleased to announce the highly anticipated new novel from Newbery Medalwinning and New York Times best-selling childrens author Kate DiCamillo: Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures to be published September 24, 2013. It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that results in 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. Kate DiCamillo delivers a laugh-out-loud story filled with eccentric, endearing characters and featuring an exciting new format a novel interspersed with comic-style graphic sequences as well as full-page illustrations, all rendered by up-andcoming artist K. G. Campbell. Describing the process of writing the book, Kate DiCamillo says, There is a line from the thirteenthcentury poet Rumi that I kept close by as I worked on this novel: The grief armies assemble, but Im not going with them. For me, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures is a book about joy and laughter, about moving away from grief and turning toward love. Additionally, it is a book about seal blubber.
Great Joy
A gorgeous volume with illustrations by Bagram Ibatoulline, Great Joy is about the difference between marking Christmas and understanding its meaning. Miami Herald Theres genuine warmth to the satisfying Christmas pageant climax, which resonates like a favorite carol the kind that makes you cry. Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul) Rarely is a holiday book so lovely in every way. BookPage
Because of Winn-Dixie
Poignant and delicately told. The New York Times Book Review DiCamillo doesnt shy from bad things, and while she validates a childs sense of grief and loss, she also holds open lifes possibilities. Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul) An exquisitely crafted first novel. Each chapter possesses an arc of its own and reads almost like a short story in its completeness, yet the chapters add up to much more than a sum of their parts. . . . This bittersweet tale of contemporary life in a small southern town will hold readers rapt. Publishers Weekly