Immortal and unexpected events! A cynic meets an unlikely superhero in an innovative new novel from a master storyteller. It all begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequences. The squirrel didn't see it coming – the vacuum cleaner, that is. As for the self-proclaimed cynic Flora Belle Buckman, she has read every issue of the comic "Terrible Things Can Happen to You!" so she's the right person to intervene and save him. What neither can predict is that Ulysses (the squirrel) has been reborn with powers of strength, flight, and questionable poetry. And Flora will change too as she discovers the possibility of hope and the promise of a capacious heart. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, Kate DiCamillo, comes a story filled with laughter, with eccentric and lovable characters and an exciting new format – a novel interspersed with comic-style graphic sequences and full-page illustrations, all rendered in black and white by a talented new artist.