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搬到新城市的艾格妮絲決定舉辦一場優雅的茶會，希望能交到新朋友。她精心準備茶具與點心，滿心期待同學到來。沒想到門鈴響起，站在門外的卻是隔壁男孩戴夫。她婉拒後，戴夫卻依照「可帶一位朋友」的邀請規則，接連帶來各種出乎意料的「加一」——吵鬧的鵝、帶刺的仙人掌、像蛇的無腳蜥蜴，甚至還有他的媽媽！艾格妮絲又氣又無奈，而原本邀請的同學卻遲遲未到。看著戴夫和朋友們自在玩耍，她鼓起勇氣加入，才發現歡笑其實比形式更重要。當同學終於現身，大家一起共享茶點，不分物種。原來，真正的友誼常來自最意想不到的人。

When Agnes decides to host a tea party, she finds it hard to shake a most unlikely guest . . . and his even more unlikely friends.

Agnes is new to town and wants to make friends, so she invites some girls in her class to a fancy tea party. When there is a knock at the door, she expects to see them—not Dave from next door. This isn't what she had in mind at all. . .

"The invitation says plus one.
This means you need to bring a friend.
And since you don't have a friend with you—goodbye."

Agnes is sure that will be the end of that, but Dave is persistent, and before long he's bringing one friend after another as his plus one. Pierre of the North, Esquire, a goose who Agnes deems too loud; Fred, a cactus that's too prickly; Dr. Scalywiggles, a legless lizard she mistakes for a snake; even his mom, who makes great French toast and lets him win at tag. Alas, no grownups are allowed at this tea party.

But as the minutes pass and the other guests don't show up, Agnes is left with nothing but her tea set, watching Dave and his friends play tag. She works up the nerve to ask if she can join in and receives a resounding yes— and when the original guests arrive (late because of soccer practice) everyone heads inside for tea, no species excluded.

In this fun and funny tale, John Hare, author and illustrator of Field Trip to the Moon, Field Trip to the Ocean Deep, and Field Trip to Volcano Island, uses his signature wit and buoyant illustrations to share the timeless message that sometimes new friends turn out to be someone unexpected.