Brief Summary Of Jacob's Grandpa Portman

When first beginning to read this novel the reader may think that it is just about a boy and his grandfather, but in actuality it is about a boy discovering the stories his grandpa told him. In the novel a boy named Jacob has a grandpa that tells him stories from his childhood, but Jacob does not know if they are true. Jacob sets out to the island to find what his grandpa had told him about. He discovers a girl that used to be in love with his grandfather and catches her interest. Golan a right attacks them and Jacob has to protect the children. The place Jacob comes to find has some peculiar things that happen.
In the novel Jacob’s grandpa Portman always tells him stories about monsters. Jacob goes to school and tells his friends about the monsters in the stories and they make fun of him. He decides that all of his grandpa’s stories are just stories. Then one afternoon Jacob’s grandpa gets attacked by the monsters in one of his stories. …show more content…
They were not on board at first, but Jacob’s father studies birds and discovered that the island is a great place for rare birds. So they set out to the island and stay at the only hotel on the island. The island has no electric except for generators, one working phone, and one place to eat. Jacob and his father set out on their first search for birds on a beach and his dad finds what he is looking for. Jacob asks if he can go to the house that his grandfather lived as a kid. His father said as long as you have someone who knows the island take you. So Jacob discovers a boy in a fish workshop to take him. But the boy later leaves Jacob halfway to the house. Jacob stumbles upon the house and sees that it is abandoned he explores the house and finds nothing and is very sad. But he does not give up, he continues going daily. Jacob soon finds pictures of the peculiar children that his grandpa told him about. Jacob’s journey is just