In which Fern, a very smart and imaginative girl, lives with her insanely dull parents the Drudgers. One evening, a man called the Bone comes and tells them that his boy, Howard, and Fern were switched at birth. The families trade kids for the summer and Fern goes to live with the Bone. Soon they move to Fern's grandmother's house, a house made out of books. Fern and the Bone (disguised as Mr. Bibb and Ida Bibb) are looking for one book. The Art of Being Anybody. What is an Anybody you ask? I'm not going to tell you.
These books are very funny, mysterious, and sad all at the same time. The author "checks" in on you or says things to you throughout the book. My favorite is "Here you should take a sip of water or stretch or look around you to make sure that everything is intact. Hopefully the house isn't on fire or being invaded by a horde of some sort." This is a fun book to read for everybody and anybody.
This is 1 of a trilogy.
Recommended for people who like: over-sized peaches, shaking things out of books, and references to classical fairy tales.
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