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The Agony House

by Cherie Priest

Illustrator: Tara O’Connor

Ages: 14+

Published: 2018

Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic

ISBN: 978-0-545-93429-9

Keywords: Gentrification, Horror, Fantasy, Graphic format, Post-Katrina New Orleans, Ghosts, Feminism

An unfinished 1950s comic book with faint blue panels found by Denise in the dilapidated house that her family is repairing foreshadows unusual and threatening events. Pages from the comic book are included.