Ferris: (A Heartfelt and Humorous Middle-Grade Coming-of-Age Novel About Family, Ghosts, and Growing Up - For Kids Ages 8-12 in Grades 3-7)

Ten-year-old Ferris Wilkey is doing her best to keep her eccentric household in one piece. Her grandmother Charisse insists she is talking to—and soon will marry—the ghost of her late husband. Little sister Pinky barrels through life with a wish list that starts with "Get a dog" and ends somewhere Ferris can’t even imagine. When a stray mutt wanders onto their Florida street and a neighbor with a broken arm can’t manage the animal, the girls volunteer to help, pulling their family—and Ferris’s loyal friend Billy—into a summer of unexpected friendships, ghostly surprises, and moments of courage bigger than they ever expected.