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10- An exciting adventure with strange cool, creepy photos that could haunt your dreams!
This review is copied from my book review blog, The Towering Pile. Original review: http://thetoweringpile.blogspot.com/2...
When Jacob was growing up, his grandfather told him strange stories about his childhood in an orphanage on an island in Wales. He even showed him pictures of the children there who were peculiar, like the girl who could levitate and the boy who was full of bees. Years later, when Jacob has stopped believing in those stories, his grandfather's last words to him send him on a ...more
When Jacob was growing up, his grandfather told him strange stories about his childhood in an orphanage on an island in Wales. He even showed him pictures of the children there who were peculiar, like the girl who could levitate and the boy who was full of bees. Years later, when Jacob has stopped believing in those stories, his grandfather's last words to him send him on a ...more
It was fun...nothing earth shattering, but a fun read. Now to see the movie with the fam! Then, of course, I'll have to read the sequel!
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Delightfully strange. Written in a way that makes it seem almost possible. In fact, when I would search to try and figure out what was real in the story, Google would auto-fill my search "Are the pictures...... in Miss Peregrine real?" It was kind of fun to think of all those other readers out there enchanted and puzzled just like me. The story felt weird and original, but somehow classic at the same time. I liked the set-up better than I liked the final conflict and resolution, but it was all e
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Jesse Bernstein's narration is absolutely atrocious. He utterly failed in his attempts at British accents, of which there are many. So hard to listen to. I sped it up significantly so I could just get it over with. Otherwise an OK story. Definitely not for anyone older than middle school-age, but probably more appropriate for elementary-age students that can handle monsters.
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