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This is literally the best book I've read this year. Seriously.
A young boy, Jacob, grows up hearing stories from his grandfather about the orphanage he grew up in surrounded by some very peculiar children. One is invisible, one has bees living in his stomach, one can levitate, and one can create fire in her hands. Sounds very much like the X-Men, no? But, these aren't super heroes, just regular children. And Grandpa might have been making it all up. Jacob travels to the island to find out for h ...more
A young boy, Jacob, grows up hearing stories from his grandfather about the orphanage he grew up in surrounded by some very peculiar children. One is invisible, one has bees living in his stomach, one can levitate, and one can create fire in her hands. Sounds very much like the X-Men, no? But, these aren't super heroes, just regular children. And Grandpa might have been making it all up. Jacob travels to the island to find out for h ...more
3.5 stars
Jacob Portman is a 16 year old living in Florida. Jacob's grandfather Abe has told him wild stories about his youth at a school in Wales. When his grandfather mysteriously dies Jacob and his father travel to Wales to try to find out more about Abe's past. The book uses antique photos throughout that have been "minimally" touched up by the author. I wonder how much photoshop was actually involved. I found the pictures to be distracting and it seemed to me that certain book events occurred only be
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3.5 stars, but on the lower end of 3.5, which is why the official rating is a 3.
I definitely enjoyed this book, although I'm not sure if it was the concept or the actual writing I actually enjoyed. To be sure, the plot is intriguing: secreted (literally) away on a tiny island in Wales, is a home to peculiar children – peculiar being the word for people with special abilities, like levitation or invisibility. Add to the recipe a sprinkling of antique photography (admittedly, very cool), a pinch ...more
I definitely enjoyed this book, although I'm not sure if it was the concept or the actual writing I actually enjoyed. To be sure, the plot is intriguing: secreted (literally) away on a tiny island in Wales, is a home to peculiar children – peculiar being the word for people with special abilities, like levitation or invisibility. Add to the recipe a sprinkling of antique photography (admittedly, very cool), a pinch ...more
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