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Lost Soul, Be at Peace

Maggie Thrash

In this graphic memoir, Maggie is depressed and struggling in school after coming out as lesbian. At home, she is distant from her parents, while the disappearance of her cat Tommi leaves her distraught. Searching the family’s 13-room house for the cat, she meets Tommy, a ghost visible only to her. Tommy joins her on a visit to her father’s courtroom and later accompanies Maggie and her father to his decaying Alabama childhood home after her grandmother dies.

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Book details

Themes
Family · Fantasy And Magic · Grief And Loss · Identity · Mental Health
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pages
192
ISBN-13
9781536213157
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
  • 2019Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir
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