CJ’s Aunt Nic is a psychic medium who tours the country speaking to spirits from Far Away, passing on messages from the dearly departed. And CJ knows first hand how comforting those messages can be—Aunt Nic's Gift is the only way CJ can talk to her mom, who died just hours after she was born. But when CJ learns she won’t be able to speak to her mother anymore even with Aunt Nic’s help, she sets off on a road trip with a boy named Jax to locate the one object that can tether her mother’s spirit to Earth . . . And what she discovers will challenge every truth she’s ever known.
awards!
A Junior Library Guild Selection
A Brightly Most Exciting Middle Grade Book of 2019
A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
A Time for Kids Top 10 Summer Read
praise!
Publishers Weekly | STARRED review
★ “Graff nimbly crafts a credible novel from the unlikely, shaping layered characters and unforeseen plot twists while exploring issues of truth and illusion—and the emotion-infused miasma that separates the two. A genuinely moving and memorable story.”
BookPage
“National Book Award nominee Lisa Graff deftly captures that brief moment in childhood when you’re young enough to believe in magic while also coping with very real, serious life concerns in her latest novel, about a girl who must decide what to believe in—and in whom to trust.”
Booklist
“The story is a genre blend of mystery and realistic family drama, with hints of magic and mysticism. Graff never shies away from difficult topics, and this is as brave as expected. It's less about spirit than about faith as a larger concept, and it includes a welcome representation of nontraditional family units; the boundaries of trust and its repair when broken; preteen independence; and the permanence of our decisions.”
Midwest Book Review
“Another deftly crafted, inherently absorbing, and impressively entertaining novel by Lisa Graff, Far Away is an especially and unreservedly recommended addition to school and community library collections.”
The Horn Book
“A story filled with pathos and trust-shaking revelations . . . Page-turning.”
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