Why Is Miss Peregrine's Home Of Peculiar Children

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Another thought, is how in the beginning of the book “ Miss peregrine's home of peculiar children” Jacobs seems to believe that no one understands him except his grandpa abe portman who has told him about his life and experience as a child. Jacob feels as though he is understood from his grandfather because he feels as that he understand where his grandpa is coming from. Which seems to be perfectly until eventually things seem to drift away when Jacob see his grandfather pass away from monsters and it seems as though it has open the way jacob thinks toward particular things. Which then he tries to decode the last words his grandpa said before passing away. Though the ways he learns new things which helps him clearly think that everything his

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