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Visitations | Corey Egbert
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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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4 ⭐ This book was not at all what I was expecting. I was expecting area 51 and ghosts and instead I got a heart wrenching biography that looks overzealous religious belief ones parents foster upon their kids. This is the true story of Corey, his parents‘ divorce, and the weeks of living in a car after being kidnapped by his mother. His mom told the kids all their life that their dad was bad and he did bad things and so they shouldn‘t talk to him

LibrarianRyan because that is what God wanted. His mom had mental health issues and he had to deal with the consequences to him and his sister. This book was incredibly well done. It‘s a read with illustrations that make one feel like they‘re with the author during the event. This is a book I would read multiple times, but it is books that will have readers that need it. Readers that need guidance dealing with their own mental health, or readers that need 7mo
LibrarianRyan guidance, to see someone who was raised with religious beliefs that seem to differ from what they feel inside. This book has a place and should be on Library shelves.

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