內容簡介
內容簡介 這個詭譎又命定的故事組成是這樣子的:男孩、女孩,和一個鬼魂。本書以鬼魂格林(是的,就是那童話故事的雅各‧格林)的角度敘述,他所保護的男孩Jeremy天生就聽得見來自另一個世界的聲音,也能和死去的母親和祖父交流,這使他從小就遭受到眾人欺侮。而女孩Ginger吃下面前的蛋糕後就愛上了第一眼見到的人-Jeremy,卻沒想到這會帶來巨大的危險。格林的保護總有漏洞的時候,當某天兩位和Frank一同被鎮上充滿怨氣的烘焙師Sten綁架後,Jeremy面臨到生命的危險,究竟他們有沒有辦法逃離出去呢?作者McNeal的闇黑童話故事總有許多複雜且矛盾的情緒,裡頭善與惡、危險與機會,諸多衝突的動機均發人深省,惡棍是否也有不為人知的一面?道德良知的界線又在哪?所有冒險、衝突、羅曼蒂克又發人省思的情節,這次將帶來另一大震撼!
作者介紹
作者介紹 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.