Far Far Away
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General
3.8
(92)
Tom McNeal
A National Book Award FinalistAn Edgar Award FinalistA California Book Award Gold Medal WinnerA dark, contemporary fairy tale in the tradition of Neil Gaiman. Jeremy Johnson Johnson hears voices. Or, specifically, one voice: the ghost of Jacob Grimm, one half of The Brothers Grimm. Jacob watches over Jeremy, protecting him from an unknown dark evil whispered about in the space between this world and the next. But Jacob can't protect Jeremy from everything. When coltish, copper-haired Ginger Boultinghouse takes a bite of a cake so delicious it’s rumored to be bewitched, she falls in love with the first person she sees: Jeremy. In any other place, this would be a turn for the better for Jeremy, but not in Never Better, where the Finder of Occasions—whose identity and evil intentions nobody knows—is watching and waiting, waiting and watching. . . And as anyone familiar with the Brothers Grimm know, not all fairy tales have happy endings. Veteran writer Tom McNeal has crafted a young adult novel at once grim(m) and hopeful, full of twists, and perfect for fans of contemporary fairy tales like Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book and Holly Black's Doll Bones. The recipient of five starred reviews, Publishers Weekly called Far Far Away "inventive and deeply poignant."
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Author
Tom McNeal
Pages
384
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Published Date
2013-06-11
ISBN
0375896988 9780375896989
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"I loved this book it had great storyline kept you questioning what was going to happen next and this book helped me get back into reading "
Gabe
"I seem to be in the minority but I felt the book's beginning was way too slow. It didn't feel like anything was happening and I told myself I had to make it to page 181 (halfway through) then if I still didn't like it I could give up, however slightly before the halfway point is when the book picks up and really changes tone. After I finished I was actually really taken aback by how different the story is in the second half then in the first and I couldn't decide if it worked or not. I would lean more on the side that it does since it obviously got me to not only keep reading but at a much quicker pace than in the first half. <br/><br/>The first half kept making me think of Pushing Daisies with the overly cutesy/odd names and phrases, slightly storybook-like but still grounded in reality. (Pushing Daisies was also something I always felt I should like but just never was completely sold on.) I kept trying to figure out what time period it was supposed be. The second half quickly became creepy and Grimm-like. I at first didn't care for the way Jacob was telling the story but as it went on came to like it more and actually was glad he was the one telling the story."
Liesl Prentice
"Loved this book"
Hailley Alvarez
