The Bishop and the Boogerman

An orphaned girl finds unlikely family in a cranky uncle and a man who dresses as a bishop. When Adelaide moves in with her grim Uncle Jonas Whipple, she expects a dreary life. Then Mr. Billy Sanders arrives, a wandering soul with a bishop's vestments and a talent for mischief, and everything changes. Together, the three embark on quests through the Southern night, chasing rumors of the Boogerman, a creature that haunts the margins between real and imagined. Harris, the master of Uncle Remus, weaves Southern Gothic shadows with pure childhood wonder. The prose hums with dialect and local color, while Adelaide's imagination becomes a lens for examining grief, belonging, and the strange magic hidden in everyday Southern life. It's a coming-of-age tale that rewards patient readers with humor, heart, and a heroine who refuses to let gloom win.