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Clackity, The (Blight Harbor series)
Lora Senf
Illustrator: Alfredo Cáceres
Ages: 9+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Atheneum BFYR/Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 978-1-66590-267-0
Keywords: ghosts, paranormal, haunted
When her aunt disappears, Evie knows she has to go after her. When the dreadful creature Clackity offers her a "fair deal," Evie can't refuse it. Ghostly black-and-white illustrations.