Jeremy Johnson

Jeremy Johnson is the second most important character of the novel, around whom the narrative is created. It is his life that the narrator, Jacob Grimm is sent to save, and it is his gift to hear the souls that remain in between the earth and afterlife that allows for this connection to occur.

He is a shy boy, more or less without friends at the time that the novel begins. He and his father have gotten into some financial problems, and are in need of a substantial amount of money to save their residence and bookstore. His father has been in a rut, unable to even leave the house after his coming to the realization that his wife and Jeremy's mother was not only not coming back, but had remarried and then died in a tragic accident. Jeremy works several odd jobs to find the money...