You're hearing ghosts.

Brendon Cruz

Far Far Away

By: Tom McNeal

“‘Ghosts,’ his grandfather finally surmised. ‘You’re hearing ghosts.’ He squinted at Jeremy. ‘Do you see ‘em, too?’ Jeremy said he never saw any ghosts, and a few days later his grandfather, having done his research, announced that Jeremy was not a clairvoyant but a clairaudient. ‘That’s a person who hears voices from the spirit world,”’ (McNeal 43-44).

The book Far Far away is about a boy named Jeremy who lives in a town that is full of gossip. He gets made fun of at school because he can hear ghosts but nobody believes him. There are a select group of girls who are nice to him, but in the past they used him for his homework. They took him out to eat at a bakery that has special prince cakes that are supposed to make you fall in love with the first person you see while you are taking your first bite. His mom supposedly ate one of the prince cakes, and then she ran off with a Canadian man, and lived in Canada for awhile. When Jeremy’s mother passed away his father had gotten a letter saying that she died and, since then, (5 years ago) his dad has rarely left his room, so his house is about to be taken by the bank. While Jeremy is doing whatever he can, in attempt to save his house alone without his father's assistance. The story is told from a ghost's perspective who has been talking/guiding to Jeremy since he was about 7 (presently he is about 15). At this point in the book he just was in trouble with the police for sneaking onto someone's yard with those girls and he got caught, but the prosecuter whose property he snuck onto was kind, and let him go with no charges.

Personally I would read this book if I hadn’t read it before because of how interesting the story is since it’s from the ghosts point of view. No other book I have ever read has had such an unique way of telling a story. I feel like the type of reader who may be intrigued by this type of book may be someone who tends to like realistic fiction. I’m sure there are people who hide the fact that they can do or hear something but are afraid of being looked upon as being ‘weird’.