Tom McNeal

"When Jeremy Johnson Johnson's strange ability to speak to the ghost of Jacob Grimm draws the interest of his classmate, Ginger Boltinghouse, the two find themselves at the center of a series of disappearances in their hometown"--

Far Far Away

Judith Whitman, in a marriage hazy with secrets, considers getting in touch with the love her life from 20 years ago, in this new novel from the author of Goodnight, Nebraska. 50,000 first printing.

A Novel

To Be Sung Underwater

Laura McNeal

Two ninth graders, Clara and Amos, suddenly find their lives turned upside down by their families, by each other, and by the two meanest brothers in town.

Crooked

Henry is generally well-behaved, but he is occasionally arrogant and vain. Henry is at heart a hard worker, but his frequent bouts of illness hinder his work.

Zipped

Seventeen-year-old Audrey's life is turned upside down when she falls in love with a mysterious newcomer and a vicious gossip sheet exposes the secrets of both students and teachers at her school.

Crushed

Audrey and her best friends Lea and C.C. have just arrived at Jemison High from the one-room private school where they spent grades six through ten, where they performed Gilbert and Sullivan musicals, where they adored Edith Wharton. They’re a nerdy little trio, so everyone is shocked when the handsome new guy, Wickham Hill, asks Audrey out. Audrey is soon so smitten that she hardly pays any mind to the vicious underground newspaper at school–or to that strange lurking guy in World Cultures. Before long, it seems everyone at Jemison High is worried about getting crushed–by friends, by enemies, by a mysterious reporter.

For sixteen-year-old Lana life is often difficult, with a flirtatious foster father, an ice queen foster mother, a houseful of special needs children to care for, and bullies harrassing her, until the day she ventures into an antique shop and buys a drawing set that may change her life.

The Decoding of Lana Morris

At the age of 17, Randall Hunsacker shoots his mother's boyfriend, steals a car and comes close to killing himself. His second chance lies in a small Nebraska farm town, where the landmarks include McKibben's Mobil Station, Frmka's Superette, and a sign that says The Wages of Sin is Hell. This is Goodnight, a place so ingrown and provincial that Randall calls it "Sludgeville"-until he starts thinking of it as home. In this pitch-perfect novel, Tom McNeal explores the currents of hope, passion, and cruelty beneath the surface of the American heartland. In Randall, McNeal creates an outcast whose redemption lies in Goodnight, a strange, small, but ultimately embracing community where Randall will inspire fear and adulation, win the love of a beautiful girl and nearly throw it all away.

Goodnight, Nebraska

Judith ha 44 anni e due segreti che non ha mai confidato a nessuno. Il primo riguarda il suo passato e l'uomo che avrebbe dovuto sposare, ma che ha abbandonato senza una parola. Il secondo, il suo rapporto con la figlia Camille: tra loro non ci sono mai stati particolari problemi, ma in cuor suo Judith non si è mai sentita una buona madre. Un giorno, all'improvviso, capisce che la vita che sta vivendo non è quella che desiderava e decide di andarsene. Il confronto con il passato, però, si rivelerà molto diverso da come se lo era immaginato.

Tom McNeal

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