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Ferris
Kate DiCamillo
Ages: 9+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 978-1-5362-3105-2
Keywords: Family/School/Community-Grandmothers & Granddaughters, Loss, Vocabulary Words, Siblings, Sisters, Music, Dogs
Ferris Wilkey, 10, spends summer vacation helping a ghost find her way. She discovers, just as her grandmother always said, that every good story is a love story.