Far Far Away

Far Far Away by Tom McNeal, 369 pages

Jeremy’s life is taken up with studying and finding a way out of his hometown, Never Better. He is aided in his studies and throughout his life by a voice that belongs to the ghost of Jacob Grimm, who has been wandering the earth since his death. Jeremy’s mother abandoned her family when Jeremy was still young and his father has been unable to pull his life together since that time. Now Jeremy and his father are facing foreclosure and will lose the store and home that Jeremy inherited from his grandfather. Now, since Jeremy was accused of breaking and entering, most of the townspeople are avoiding him. He has one friend left his age, Ginger, whom he has always admired and maybe likes him back. Ginger has been trying to help him figure out a way to pay back the bank and keep the store but their efforts may only lead to a larger disaster than they could have anticipated. A really good coming of age and mystery story, with the supernatural factor thrown in, I really enjoyed it and think that a lot of teens would also.