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01853aam a22002655i 4500 001 185786141F1311EF896640262DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240531010034 008 230803s2024 mau j 000 0 eng 020 $a 9798885797382 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 100 1 $a DiCamillo, Kate, $e author. 245 10 $a Ferris / $h [large print] / $c Kate DiCamillo. 263 $a 2412 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, $c 2024. 300 $a 299 pages ; $c 23 cm. 520 $a "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 at the threshold of her room, which seems like an alarming omen given that she is also 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 specter 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 two-time Newbery Medalist at her most playful, universal, and profound"-- $c Provided by publisher. 521 $a Ages 8-12 $b Candlewick Press 526 $a Accelerated Reader $b MG $c 4.4 $d 4.0 $z 522223 650 $a Family $v Juvenile fiction. 650 $a Large print books for youth. 941 $a 1 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20240531010053.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=185786141F1311EF896640262DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search