Sunday, January 12, 2014

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

The book I read was “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Ransom Riggs has written travel essays. His first novel is “StrangeGeographies”. This book compares to his other books because it is a very different kind of story, it is nothing like any other authors stories. This story is about a boy’s family story. His grandfather is from a very distant island where he faced strange encounters. The boy goes to the island where his grandfather had been before his death. He finds things completely out of the ordinary.  He faces the same encounters as his grandfather. Will he face the same nightmares as his grandfather or accomplish what his grandfather did not. The theme of this story is greed; Greed plays a big role in the beginning of the book.  Emotions play a big role in the story too. Time periods also, characters use time periods often to understand something unexplainable.
               
This story is about unexplainable events of characters and the past of an ordinary family with a very unordinary family member’s past that are shockingly real. The main character realizes that he has to face the unexplainable encounters of his grandfather. Something intriguing in this story is that Jacob’s grandfather suffers from nightmares that take him back to his past; Jacob is faced with the conflict of the truth of his grandfather’s unforgettable past.   A book was given to Jacob from his grandfather giving him a hint of what was to come. On the inside of the book it said “To Jacob Magellan Portman, and the worlds he has yet to discover” Jacob is then faced with events that are unexplainable and unbelievable.
               

I recommend this book to others, because it is definitely different than any other books. This book will keep you on the edge of your seat wanting to know more, every page is filled with extremely unbelievable events that are surprisingly different to the human mind. You should read this if you like mystery and adventure. This book is great for you. 


Book Review by Kortney S.

1 comment:

  1. I agree with the book review above. I agree with it because it is a very accurate description of the book.I think this because they reference how the main character has issues at the beginning of the book but he gets over it progressively as the story goes on. I agree with his book review because this book is great and is one of the best book s i have read this year

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