The Island

       We left of when Jacob found the letter from Miss. Peregrine on a book. As you remember last time Jacob asked his parents if he could go to the island his grandfather lived, but they refused. Starting with the new part Jacob begged his parents to go to the island they would accept only if Dr. Golan thinks its a good idea. When they asked Dr. Golan he said it would be a good idea to visit the island to make it like a closure for Jacob. He was going with his dad for 3 weeks and he was hoping for answers. When they arrived they looked for a place called the Priest Hole where they had booked a room, this place was also the only restaurant in town and the only phone in the hole town. When they finished packing they went outside to check out the Cairnholm, they stopped in a fishing store and Jacob took they opportunity to ask the man in the store where the orphanage was the man looked confused for a minute and then he told Jacob that he thinks what he is talking about but that its in the woods and that he shouldn't go alone. The next day he found a guy that would take him his name was Dylan they went far but then Dylan said that is forbidden so from that point on he should go alone . He found a big old house mostly destroyed  he knew that was it. When he enter he realize it would be impossible that someone could still be there, he left because it was getting dark he was going back to the Priest Hole but he was coming back tomorrow. In the Priest Hole he found his dad in his laptop on a table he sat next to him and told him about the old house then his father said he didnt want him to get hurt and told him a story. He said that when he was kid and his sister too (Jacobs aunt) they found a letter from other woman to Grandpa Portman saying that she misses and loves him but they never knew the name of the woman. Jacob a little confuse,angry and sad went to his room. At the next day he went back to he man at the fishing store to ask him about the orphanage an the kids he took Jacob to Oggie he was the oldest person in town and he should know what happened to the the kids and the orphanage. Oggie said the kids were a collection of strange people but then he said that the orphanage was that way because there was a bombing Jacob ask for more detail and Oggie said that he would never forget the sound and the feel of that night the date was the third of September of 1940. Then Jacob got a quick flash of other last words of his grandfather they were that date the exact same date, Jacob felt confused s he left. The next day Jacob went to the house again, the house had 2 floors when he was searching for clues on the second floor he notice lots of holes on the floor but they were so deep they went all through the first floor to the basement. Jacob was about to go down stairs and he fell on one of the holes, the basement was dark but he found a box when he open he  found similar pictures like the ones his grandfather showed him as a kid. When he was trying to look at the pictures in the dark he heard some voices upstairs, when he went upstairs he saw a bunch of kids creaming the name Abe. Jacob asked who they were and immediately they run outside the house and disappear into de woods .I really dont know what will happened next.



this is one of the pictures jacob found.



        ´´ I could think of only one explanation. My grandfather´s pictures had come from the trunk that lay smashed before me.´´ (115, Riggs)

         In this quote we can assume two different things, we can assume that he thinks all is still a lie. Other thing we can assume is that Jacob actually now believes all what his grandfather had said him all his life and maybe now he have more hope in all what he have seen and believe in the past few months.

        In this part of the book i think its getting pretty interesting and my biggest questions are who are those kids, why there were holes in the floor and why the kids were screaming the name Abe. I think all the kids are the new kids of the orphanage but that makes even more questions like they should be old by now or were is Miss Peregrine and where are they living if the orphanage is destroyed with holes all over the second floor. I really want to know whats up with does kids and will Jacob follow them or not.

Grandpa Portman

      If you look for a book about mystery and suspense, Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children is a perfect choice for you. All began when Jacob a boy who lived in Florida grew up listening and believing all the stories Grandpa Portman told him about his life in a orphanage with peculiar children and monsters they used to fight, on an island called Cairnholm. Grandpa Portman used to show Jacob pictures of  the kids on the island, at first Jacob believed every single word his grandpa told him but years later he told his grandfather he didn´t believe in his stories nor the pictures. While Jacob grow to a teen Grandpa became a little insane at least thats what everyone thought. When Jacob was 15 Grandpa Portman called him and was very desperate talking about the monsters were coming to get him, Jacob as always thought it was some of his weird stories but he called his dad just to tell him what had happen on the phone. Jacob´s father ask him to check in his grandfather,when Jacob arrived he found all the house a complete mess but he still looked for his grandfather. When he was about to leave with no idea where his grandfather was he found a flashlight on the floor facing the woods, he thought maybe his grandfather dropped in his way to the woods so he went to find Grandpa Portman.When he was deep in the woods he saw his grandfather in the floor dying his last words were something about Jacob going to the island and finding the bird because his not safe there anymore, Jacob as always thought his grandfather was crazy while  he called the cops and sob he saw a face in the woods but it had six tongues and it was tall and thin. After all that happen Jacobs parents send him to a  therapist named Dr. Golan because he was having nightmares about that monster and he kept thinking what his grandfather last words meant.Sometime had past it was Jacobs birthday he was turning 16 he wanted for this birthday to go to the island even though he was pretty sure there was nothing there but he wanted to see what the orphanage and the island looked like. His parents didnt let him go so he was really mad at them. One week later Grandpa Portmans house was about to be sell so he went to help his dad and his aunt to clean the house, he suddenly remember another thing his grandfather said one moment before passing away they were Ralph Waldo Emerson. He thought it was someone who lived in the orphanage with him so he took the opportunity to clean the house to find something about this guy. On the house he found letters from friends but non from Ralph Waldo Emerson, suddenly he knock a box and some books fell out one of them catch his eye the title was Words of Ralph Waldo Emerson he then understood something important was in that book. While turning the pages he found a letter it was from Headmistress Alma LeFay Peregrine then he figure that peregrine is a bird so that was what he meant by finding the bird he wanted Jacob to find Miss Peregrine. That is it for now but i want to see what happens next.







this is one of the 
pictures Grandpa 
Portman show Jacob 

       ´´´My solution was to stop leaving the house. For weeks I refused even to venture into the driveway to collect the morning paper. I slept in a tangle of blankets on the laundry room floor, the only part of the house with no windows and also a door that locked from the inside´´ ( Riggs, 39) 

        In this quote we notice how bad was Jacob when his grandfather died and how his nightmares were affecting him and with this quote I question if Mr. Golan is doing a good job helping Jacob. If Jacob is really getting help from Mr. Golan I am sure he would be better by now and he certainly isn´t. 

   I would like more backstory of Grandpa Portman and learn more about this peculiar children and Miss Peregrine i actually want to know more about every character. For example we still dont know why or at what age Grandpa Portman was sent to the orphanage. I am really excited to know what Jacob really saw on the woods maybe it wasnt even real and if it was real what was that. Cant wait to read more.