New York: Plume, (2003.). Another in his wonderful series of novels set in the fictional small Minnesota town of Staggerford. In this one, Hassler brings back the irrepressible former schoolteacher, 80-year-old Agatha McGee, as she offers refuge to seven of her neighbors, friends and former students, when the rising waters force them from their homes. 199 pp. ISBN: 0-452-284627.