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Violence
Barely any
Cartoon peril: restaurant patrons chase Ulysses with knives, and Flora's mother abducts the squirrel intending to kill him with a shovel — depicted in the comic panels and defused before anything happens
Language
None
None
Sexual Content
None
None
Substance Use
Barely any
Flora's mother smokes cigarettes
Emotional Intensity
Some
Divorce, a mother who tells her daughter she wishes she were different, and a child who has protected herself with cynicism
What this book is about
Newbery Medal winner, told in a hybrid of prose and comic panels illustrated by K. G. Campbell. School Library Journal's Fuse #8 review praised it as one of DiCamillo's funniest. Reader content notes flag only mild material: Flora's mother kidnaps Ulysses and plans to kill him with a shovel (shown in the illustrated sequence), diners chase the squirrel with knives in a restaurant, and Flora's mother smokes. No language or sexual content. Underneath the slapstick is a divorce and a mother who says a cruel thing out loud.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
A parent plots to kill an animal (played for absurdity)
Divorce and a hurtful remark from a mother
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