Ferris
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Walker Books Ltd
Published:2nd May '24
Should be back in stock very soon
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.
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 *
- Nominated for ALSC Notable Children’s Book 2025 (United States)
ISBN: 9781529519129
Dimensions: 200mm x 136mm x 26mm
Weight: 300g
224 pages