Why I picked up the book: We chose it for our October “Never Too Old” book club as it seemed a good fit for Halloween. What Jacob finds on the island could either disappoint him or confirm that Abe’s stories were true all along. Jacob sets off on a journey to the Welsh island Grandfather talked about to find the mysterious Miss Peregrine and her “home for peculiar children”. Grandfather’s cryptic last words mixed with the monster Jacob is sure he sees in the woods near Grandfather’s body changes everything. That is until his grandfather’s horrific death. But Jacob soon comes to an age where he realizes that grandfather’s stories were just that, stories. Abe claimed he knew these children and that they lived in the orphanage where Abe was sent as a teenager at the beginning of WWII. Jacob grew up hearing his grandfather Abe’s “fairy stories” and seeing old pictures of peculiar looking children levitating, holding fire, and appearing to be invisible. Natrona County Library Serving Natrona County, Wyoming, we promote literacy, support discovery and creation, and build community.
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