We’ve known each other for a very long time, since early elementary, so I certainly know a bit about you. One thing I have learned is that you are an avid reader. Because of this, I would like to recommend Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children because I think it would be right up your alley. You already saw me reading it in House & Seminar and mentioned that you had an interest in it, so I’d like to tell you why I think you should finally pick it up. You were the person who actually got me started with young adult fiction with the Percy Jackson series, so you probably have some idea as to what I like. I enjoy books with a dose of action with detailed and sometimes intense overarching plots. A book really gets good if this is combined with a unique and memorable group of characters with engaging subplots mixed in. One thing that I enjoy in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is the variety in the main cast. Everyone is unique and no one succumbs to what I like to call “protagonist syndrome” where one character, typically the main, is simply too strong in all available aspects and seems able to consistently accomplish any feat no matter the odds. The author does a very good job …show more content…
He was never exceptionally smart, or strong, or charismatic, not did he ever have some innate gift or knack for anything. From the get-go, Jacob Portman seems like a perfectly ordinary person in all regards. I believe that this is what makes this “fish out of water” story so compelling. It is a tale of someone without even an inkling of expectation for their life who is suddenly thrown into an almost alien world, and how he not only adapts but integrates and becomes a part of it. This transformation allows for the more heroic parts of Jacob’s personality to finally show in a way they never have before. I have yet to decide if he is my favorite character, but he’s certainly a good