Holy unanticipated occurrences! A cynic meets an unlikely superhero in a genrebreaking new novel by a master storyteller. It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequences. The squirrel never saw it coming the vacuum cleaner, that is. As for selfdescribed cynic Flora Belle Buckman, she has read every issue of the comic book Terrible Things Can Happen to You! so she is 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 Flora will be changed too as she discovers the possibility of hope and the promise of a capacious heart. From#1 New York Times bestselling author Kate DiCamillo comes a laughoutloud story filled with eccentric, endearing characters and featuring an exciting new format a novel interspersed with comicstyle graphic sequences, plus fullpage illustrations, all rendered in blackandwhite by a talented new artist.