Ferris
Published on 2. May 2024
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-5295-1912-9 (ISBN)
Description
The masterful Kate DiCamillo has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real love story about a girl, a ghost, a grandmother and growing up.
It's the summer before fifth grade, and for Ferris Wilkey, it is a summer of sheer pandemonium. Her little sister, Pinky, has vowed to become an outlaw. Uncle Ted has left Aunt Shirley and, to Ferris's mother's chagrin, is holed up in the Wilkey basement to paint a history of the world. And Charisse, Ferris's grandmother, has started seeing a ghost in the doorway to her room - which seems like an alarming omen given that she is feeling unwell. But the ghost is not there to usher Charisse to the Great Beyond. Rather, she has other plans - wild, impractical, illuminating plans. How can Ferris satisfy a spectre with Pinky terrorizing the town, Uncle Ted sending Ferris to spy on her aunt, and her father battling an invasion of raccoons?
As Charisse likes to say, "Every good story is a love story," and Kate DiCamillo has written one for the ages: emotionally resonant and healing, showing the twice Newbery Medallist at her most playful, universal and profound.
It's the summer before fifth grade, and for Ferris Wilkey, it is a summer of sheer pandemonium. Her little sister, Pinky, has vowed to become an outlaw. Uncle Ted has left Aunt Shirley and, to Ferris's mother's chagrin, is holed up in the Wilkey basement to paint a history of the world. And Charisse, Ferris's grandmother, has started seeing a ghost in the doorway to her room - which seems like an alarming omen given that she is feeling unwell. But the ghost is not there to usher Charisse to the Great Beyond. Rather, she has other plans - wild, impractical, illuminating plans. How can Ferris satisfy a spectre with Pinky terrorizing the town, Uncle Ted sending Ferris to spy on her aunt, and her father battling an invasion of raccoons?
As Charisse likes to say, "Every good story is a love story," and Kate DiCamillo has written one for the ages: emotionally resonant and healing, showing the twice Newbery Medallist at her most playful, universal and profound.
Reviews / Votes
Moving, memorable, quirky tale. * Red Reading Hub * Quirky and highly original - filled with brilliantly drawn characters, any one of whom could hold a story on their own, who have come together in a story so wonderfully crafted that I grew enormously attached to them all as I read and was genuinely sad to have to say goodbye to them when I reached the end of the book... Perfect for confident readers in Year 4, this is such a brilliant read. * World's Smallest Library * (Di Camillo) is a writer who avoids easy sentimentality and isn't afraid to introduce patches of darkness and difficulty while remaining confident that younger readers need and will navigate these as part of a rounded, satisfying reading experience... Ferris (has) layer(s) of richness of characterisation and complexity of emotion. The motto of the book that keeps bubbling to the surface and which sums up the overall philosophy that pervades everything - "Every good story is a love story". * The Letterpress Project * The latest story from a masterful storyteller who brings us a tender and cheerful story.. a love story to families everywhere... this is both chaotic and calming, it is funny and heartfelt. * Armadillo Blog *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 12 years
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
292 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5295-1912-9 (9781529519129)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Kate DiCamillo is one of America's most beloved storytellers, author of The Tale of Despereaux and Flora and Ulysses, both of which have been awarded the prestigious Newbery Medal; Because of Winn-Dixie, which received a Newbery Honor; The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, which won a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award; and the hugely popular trilogy of stories about the Three Rancheros: Raymie Nightingale, Louisiana's Way Home and Beverly, Right Here. Born in Philadelphia, she grew up in Florida and now lives in Minneapolis, USA, where she faithfully writes two pages a day, five days a week.