For so long the stories that his grandpa told him were just
that, stories.
Jacob
Portman had always been close to his grandfather, he envied the adventures he
went on, and he liked the pictures he showed, but his favourite things were the stories that his grandpa told him. Grandpa
Portman grew up during the war in an orphanage off of the coast of Wales, and
the stories were always about the kids that he grew up with, and the adventures
that they had together. The strange thing about the stories though, was all the
humanlike monsters that were involved, oh, and the fact that all of the kids
had supernatural abilities. Obviously, Jacob stopped believing the stories, and
soon enough, the 16 year old’s grandfather
died of an animal attack. Shortly after his grandfather’s death, Jacob starts
to see some of the monsters from the stories and realised that the stories are true. Even worse, the
monsters are planning something
terrible. In order to carry out his grandpa’s last wishes,which include finding
the orphanage, and hopefully stop these monsters from haunting his
nightmares, Jacob needs to go to the
orphanage and seek the help of the kids. This task would be easy, if the
orphanage had not been abandoned since 1940, and everybody living in it was
pronounced dead long ago.
The real- life photographs in the
book add a realistic feel to a very unrealistic topic, and they help the reader
feel more involved with the characters and the story. I thought that they were
a nice touch, and were one of the reasons that I could barely put the book
down! Although at times i found it a little slow-paced, the twist near the end
is worth it!
~Lyndsey
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