Lives intersect in the most unexpected ways when teenagers Anne and Lewis cross paths at an estate sale in sleepy Failin, Oregon. Failin was once a thriving logging community. Now the town's businesses are crumbling, its citizens bitter and disaffected. Anne and Lewis refuse to succumb to the fate of the older generation as they discover&mdash;together&mdash;the secrets of their hometown and their own families. <br><br>* From award-winning creators Sara Ryan Carla Speed McNeil (<i>Finder</i>)! "[Bad Houses] is the best graphic novel I've read all year. Superbly observed, exquisitely drawn, with a sharp bite and a real human pulse. Magnificent." &mdash; Warren Ellis, author of <i>Gun Machine</i> and <i>Transmetropolitan</i>