Figgs Phantoms Author:Ellen Raskin (Newbery Honor Book) — Figgs! The people of Pineapple said. This was nice, quiet town before those show folks settled here. — Mona was miserable. You would be too if your family consisted of: Sister Figg Newton (Tap Dancer, Baton Twirler, and also your mother); Truman, the human pretzel (your uncle); Aunt Gracie Jo, the dog catcher, and her son Fi... more »do the Second. To name a few. The nly person Mona really gets along with is Uncle Florence, the book dealer. And he keeps hinting that he may have to leave Mona soon to go to Figg amily heaven, a place referred to as "Capri." But where is Capri, and why do all the Figgs go there? To find her uncle, Mona knows she must find out.« less