About This Lesson
Join two-time Newberry Medalist, former National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, and super-star author Kate DiCamillo for an inside look at her newest middle-grade novel, FERRIS. It’s a zany story full of wild and wacky characters, a ghost, and even an invasion of raccoons — but at the heart of this book are important messages about family and love.
Find out more on this episode of StoryMakers as Rocco and Kate delve into wordplay, have fun with nicknames, and reveal the inspiration behind this playful and profound novel.
About the Book
Get ready for 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 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?
