about the book
Jeremy Johnson Johnson hears voices. Well, one voice in particular: the voice of the ghost of Jacob Grimm. Yes, that Grimm, of the famous Brothers Grimm! Jacob has been watching over Jeremy most of his life, protecting him from the dark evil that lives in the space between worlds.
But now that evil has found a way into Jeremy’s world, through a cake…
When Ginger Boultinghouse takes a bite of that bewitched cake, she must fall in love with whoever she first sees. And that happens to be Jeremy! Now this would usually be a good thing, but knowing that most of the Grimms’ fairy tales did not have happy endings, Jeremy is a little frightened.
Now it is up to Jacob Grimm himself to rescue Jeremy from the ethereal, evil Finder of Occasion; and it is up to Jeremy to rescue Ginger.
about the author
Tom McNeal was born and raised in both California and Nebraska. He mostly lived in Santa Ana, but spent every summer at the farm in Nebraska where his mom grew up.
Tom received an English degree from UC Berkeley and then an MFA in Creative Writing at UC Irvine. After getting these degrees, Tom moved to Nebraska, where he was inspired to write his first highly acclaimed works, Goodnight, Nebraska and To Be Sung Underwater.
Tom married his wife Laura in 1993, and now both of them are published authors. They currently live in California with their sons, Sam and Hank.
Source:
Author website
Also by Tom McNeal:
Zipped. Alfred A. Knopf. 2003.
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