In The Staggerford Flood , Jon Hassler brings back Agatha McGee and reunites other favorite characters from his award-winning Staggerford novels. When a flood hits Staggerford and neighboring towns, Agatha McGee's house on the highest hill in town becomes a refuge for seven female neighbors, friends, and former students for three days and three nights. This deluge of old and new friends - as well as a new young priest who thinks Agatha has become a bit too zealous about morality - helps to restore Agatha's own very distinctive spark.