Forbidden
A moan – a distinctly female sound – issued from somewhere down the line of cages. A trilling laugh, musical and dark, ended in a choking sound like a sob.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
And in the middle of the children, like the object of some arcane ritual, there hovered a bomb, its downward-facing tip seemingly balanced on Adam’s outstretched finger. Then, like a movie that burns in the projector while you’re watching it, a bloom of hot and perfect whiteness spread out before me and swallowed everything.
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That Miss Peregrine book is spooky. Is this the one with really scarey pictures in it?
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Sandy – yes, it has pictures – no scary so much as creepy and odd and atmospheric. I’m reading it aloud with Natalie, and we’re both enjoying it!
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They are both good, but I love the second one!
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Beth – yeah – I can’t wait to get to that point in the book!
These both sound interesting!
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Mama Zen -they are so far!
I just bought Miss Peregrine and I can’t wait to read it!
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Stephanie – it’s getting a lot of good buzz lately – and it’s deliciously creepy!