"After three hours of rowing like galley slaves, distance had shrunk the island to the size of an open hand. It looked nothing like the foreboading, cliff-ringed fortress I had first laid eyes upon a few weeks ago; now it seemed fragile, a shard of rock in danger of being washed away by the waves."
(Riggs 21-22)
Jacob Portman, a young peculiar boy watches as the island that in two weeks worth
of time had become his home disappear from behind him; it is the last time he, or any of his friends will see it again. When he first got there, he didn't know what he was looking for. His grandfather left him a trail of breadcrumbs (a book of poetry, a letter, an island, and a name- Miss Alma Peregrine.) He asked around about a house mentioned in the letter, but everyone in the town said no one had lived in the house since the bombing in the 40's. Jacob was discouraged at first, but eventually he figured out the secrets that guarded Miss Peregrines home for the Peculiars. Now that he abandoned his home, his technology, his whole life to be with them, he was with them for good. Now the home that he had come to love and feel safer than he had felt in his entire life in was crumbled up and smoldering in bomb residue. The other children had been in the house for 80+ years, and even Jacob felt himself leaving a piece of him in the house and he had only lived there for 2 weeks. 70 years later, or 2 weeks ago, depending on perspective--time isnt linear, it's more wibbly wobbly-timey-wimey than that, he finds out that the house was indeed hit by a bomb, but time was now moving forward for the children. My questions at the moment: How long are the children going to last not being protected by the Bird and the house? Is Millard's gunshot wound going to heal?
My favorite part about your post was that you started out with a quote. It was a really good way to introduce your blog. I also liked how you ended the blog. With those kinds of questions it really makes me more interested in the book.
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