12歲的 Joni Bird 從夏令營回到 Olive Springs，立刻發現小鎮變得很不對勁。原本熱愛重金屬、喜歡打鼓的好友 May，現在把頭髮梳成整齊髮髻，還說打鼓「不像淑女」；冰淇淋店只剩香草口味，鎮上的女性也紛紛戴起大珍珠耳環、穿上筆挺洋裝。
一切似乎都與新搬來的 Gingham 一家有關。參加過他們週四讀書會的人，都會變成笑容僵硬、毫無生氣的「模範市民」，而 Mr. Gingham 的生活指南 The Pillars of Perfection 與地下室裡的祕密，更讓事情愈來愈詭異。Joni 與 Tyler 決定找回真正的 May，也要阻止整座小鎮失去原本的模樣。
An eerie middle grade mystery debut that follows a young girl who returns home to find the people of her little town, including her best friend, chillingly changed after the arrival of the prim and proper Gingham family.
"A rip-roaring adventure, but more importantly, a kids' power ballad to the importance of being yourself." --Gordon Korman, New York Times-bestselling author
An Indies Introduce Pick!
When 12-year-old Joni Bird returns home from summer camp, it's clear something strange is afoot in Olive Springs. May, her usually head-banging best friend, now wears her hair in a tight bun and calls playing the drums "unladylike." The ice cream shop only serves vanilla ice cream. The women and girls of the neighborhood all sport big pearl earrings and crisp cotton dresses.
At the heart of it all? The creepy new family in the neighborhood with their soulless, carnival smiles and retro fashion sense: the Ginghams. Everyone they invite to their Thursday night book club re-emerges as dead-eyed, smiling, Gingham-approved "model citizens," all thanks to Mr. Gingham's lifestyle guide, The Pillars of Perfection--and something even more sinister hidden behind his basement door.
Through quick thinking and cunning, Joni and her friend Tyler set out to fight not only to get their friend May back, but to save their whole town from forever falling under the Ginghams' control.
外文書商品之書封，為出版社提供之樣本。實際出貨商品，以出版社所提供之現有版本為主。部份書籍，因出版社供應狀況特殊，匯率將依實際狀況做調整。
無庫存之商品，在您完成訂單程序之後，將以空運的方式為你下單調貨。為了縮短等待的時間，建議您將外文書與其他商品分開下單，以獲得最快的取貨速度，平均調貨時間為1~2個月。
為了保護您的權益，「三民網路書店」提供會員七日商品鑑賞期(收到商品為起始日)。
若要辦理退貨，請在商品鑑賞期內寄回，且商品必須是全新狀態與完整包裝(商品、附件、發票、隨貨贈品等)否則恕不接受退貨。
