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Sprightly, assured, and original, this story blends a small-town, middle-American, twentieth-century setting with the learned realms of the Brothers Grimm and their nineteenth-century German fairy-tale collections -- to compelling effect. Jeremy Johnson Johnson lives a woebegone life -- abandoned by his mother; the sole caretaker of his bedridden, depressed father. But Jeremy has the rare ability to hear ghosts, and that's how Jacob Grimm, the story's nar...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Jeremy Johnson Johnson can hear ghosts, and that's how Jacob Grimm, the story's narrator, becomes Jeremy's mentor and guardian. Sprightly, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More