Jacob used to believe his grandfather.

When Abraham Portman was still alive, he would always tell the 7-year-old Jacob wonderful stories of his life before the war, living in a beautiful home that was guarded by a bird who smoked a pipe. Jacob cherished these stories and even told them to his classmates, who would only tease him and berate him for them. As he grew up he stopped believing his grandfather's stories, until that one night that changed his life...

Last May 9, 2012, I bought this book entitled "Ms. Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children".

It was the book's cover that caught my eye. I was in the bookstore looking for a some good read, and I found this.



Being a lover of scary stories, I immediately found the front cover interesting. It looks kinda scary, y'know? :) Even the back cover looked good and it definitely sparked my interest. I wasn't really planning to buy it, but it looked really interesting. My curiosity got the best of me so I bought it. Hahaha. ;)


Jacob Portman, the protagonist and narrator of the story, is a sixteen-year-old boy with a very adventurous and seemingly "forgetful" grandfather who used to tell him countless stories about the orphanage he grew up in and the magical people who stayed there. Born to a family who owns more than a hundred drugstores in the country, he lived the first 15 years of his life in peace and boredom. But his peaceful, boring, and not to mention lonely, life was shattered when his grandfather was mysteriously murdered, his last words telling Jacob that he was to find the magical island where his grandfather once lived. The worst part is that he was the only one who saw the otherworldly assailant. That event thrusts him into a series of adventures that would hopefully unravel the secrets of his grandfather's life, probably even his too.