A New York Magazine Best New Book for Kids A LitHub Most Anticipated Children’s Book of 2025
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the Year
“This might be a perfect picture book.” — Quill & Quire (starred review) “ A solitary child
and her rule-breaking ghost roommate learn the value of compromise in this cheeky picture book.
— Shelf Awareness (starred review) “A book that captures the dance of unlikely bonds and a
way to move from a place of acceptance.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) From Matthew
Forsythe the creator of the acclaimed and beloved Pokko and the Drum comes a “subtle sweet”
( Booklist starred review) picture book about rules. And sharing. And an epic game of
tic-tac-toe. Aggie is very excited to live on her own—until she finds out her new house is
haunted. But no fear the situation is nothing that can’t be fixed with a carefully considered
list of rules: No haunting after dark. No stealing socks. No eating all the food. But the
ghost doesn’t like playing by the rules and challenges Aggie to an epic game of
tic-tac-toe—winner gets the house.
