Visitations

Written & illustrated by Corey Egbert

A boy must navigate his mother's delusions and a ghost's warnings to find truth in the desert.

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336 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Corey is caught between his mother's alarming beliefs and a ghostly visitor's plea for change. As his mother spirals, claiming divine missions and demonic threats, Corey and his sister are whisked into the harsh Nevada desert. With survival at stake and the police closing in, Corey must navigate a world of faith and fear, seeking a reality beyond his mother's tales. Will he find the courage to forge his own path before it's too late?

From the publisher

Inspired by true events, this haunting yet hopeful young adult graphic novel weaves together family dynamics, mental illness, and religion–perfect for fans of Hey, Kiddo. Corey’s mom has always made him feel safe. Especially after his parents’ divorce, and the dreaded visitations with his dad begin. But as Corey grows older, he can’t ignore his mother’s increasingly wild accusations. Her insistence that God has appointed Corey as his sister’s protector. Her declaration that Corey’s father is the devil. Soon, she whisks Corey and his sister away from their home and into the boiling Nevada desert. There, they struggle to survive with little food and the police on the trail. Meanwhile, under the night sky, Corey is visited by a flickering ghost, a girl who urges him to fight for a different world–one outside of his mother’s spoon-fed tales, one Corey must find before it’s too late. Drawing inspiration from his own upbringing in the Mormon church, Corey Egbert welcomes readers on an emotionally stirring, nuanced journey into the liminal spaces between imagination and memory, faith and truth.

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