Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Prologue Quotes
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Prologue Quotes
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Quote 7
My dad explained it to me: Grandpa had told him some of the same stories when he was a kid, and they weren't lies, exactly, but exaggerated version of the truth. (Prologue. 46)
Maybe Grandpa was upset because his own son kind of betrayed him years ago by losing trust in him.
Quote 8
"He doesn't look strong," I said, studying the boy's skinny arms. (Prologue.32)
Many of the peculiar children look perfectly normal, like this kid. Some, however, don't, like Millard the invisible boy and the girl with a mouth in the back of her head.
Quote 9
At home I made my ambitions known by parading around with a cardboard tube held to my eye, shouting, "Land ho!" (Prologue.3)
Early on, Jacob knows he wants to be an explorer. It's kind of sad when his own parents discourage him from pursuing his true identity.