Ferris

《傻狗溫迪客》《雙鼠記》　 凱特•狄卡密歐 Kate DiCamillo作品 　
一個關於女孩、鬼魂、祖母和成長的搞笑而真實的愛情故事

升上五年級的夏天，對女孩Ferris來說畢生難忘：6歲的妹妹Pinky目標是在全國各地的通緝海報上找到她的名字和臉孔。她的叔叔泰德離開了妻子，住在 Ferris家的地下室描繪世界歷史。奶奶Charisse被診斷出有心臟病，而且一直嚷嚷著說看到鬼魂…。
這個鬼魂並其實不打算帶走奶奶，但有一個要求：希望能找到蠟燭並點亮餐廳裡的吊燈，這樣鬼魂的丈夫就會回到她身邊，她們便能雙宿雙飛離開。

這個夏天，妹妹Pinky在鎮上胡鬧、泰德叔叔派Ferris去監視嬸嬸，奶奶看見鬼、爸爸正在與入侵的浣熊作奮戰…，生活真是一團混亂。Ferris能夠和好朋友比利，攜手解決這堆扭成一團的結，讓家人團聚，讓泰德叔叔回到妻子身邊，並幫助她的祖母「釋放」她所看到的鬼魂？

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 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.