{"title":"Tom McNeal","description":"TOM MCNEAL holds an MA in creative writing from UC Irvine and was a Stegner Fellow and Jones Lecturer at Stanford University. He is the author, with his wife, Laura, of four young adult novels published by Knopf: Crooked, Crushed, The Decoding of Lana Morris,  and Zipped. His adult titles include Goodbye, Nebraska and To Be Sung Underwater. He lives with his wife and two sons in Southern California. Visit their website at McNealBooks.com.","products":[{"product_id":"far-far-away-paperback","title":"Far Far Away - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA National Book Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Edgar Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA California Book Award Gold Medal Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA dark, contemporary fairy tale in the tradition of Neil Gaiman.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Graveyard Book\u003c\/i\u003e and Holly Black's \u003ci\u003eDoll Bones\u003c\/i\u003e. The recipient of five starred reviews, \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e called \u003ci\u003eFar Far Away\u003c\/i\u003e \"inventive and deeply poignant.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50502556778719,"sku":"9780375843297","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/BITCvkkjVs9780375843297.webp?v=1782708989"},{"product_id":"crooked-paperback-1","title":"Crooked - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age\u003cbr\u003eA California Book Award Winner for Juvenile Literature\u003cbr\u003eAn ALA-YALSA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e Top Ten Youth Romance\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClara Wilson and Amos MacKenzie are finding their lives turned upside down: by each other, by fickle friendships, by failing families, and by the two meanest brothers in town. As the pressures of high school and home life collide, Clara and Amos struggle to maintain their identities amid the chaos. Honesty may be the answer...but it can be awfully hard to find.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503751532767,"sku":"9780375841910","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/EjWhf3Qqwx9780375841910.webp?v=1782759528"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/tom-mcneal.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}