By Ransom RiggsSixteen year old Jacob adores his grandfather, but long ago stopped believing the "fairy tales" about his grandfather's childhood during World War Two. When his grandfather is brutally attacked, he tells Jacob to travel to "the island", where he will be safe. Jacob convinces his father to travel with him to his grandfather's small Welsh island to find the Home For Peculiar Children.
I was hoping this would be more of a thriller than science fiction. I liked the old photographs that the story was wrapped around, and thought they were sufficiently creepy to amp up the storyline. Overall, I wanted a more serious, scary story.
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