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This story tells about the beginning of a journey for Jacob Portman. He is struggling to understand stories his grandfather has told him. They are not realistic or believable, yet Jacob cannot fully accept that they are fictitious. He travels to a Welsh island in an attempt to resolve his conflicted feelings, only to find that his grandfather had been telling the truth all along. He now finds himself caught between two worlds and has to decide which to be a part of. He chooses to continue the work of his grandfather started many years before.
This book reminded me of Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book in the sense that it was an unexpected, fantastical journey. It is a right of passage story, but with twists into a magical world, which I did not expect. I found this book to be riveting and I was shocked when it unexpectedly ended. This would be a great book for high schoolers. It could be done as a class assignment, and the abrupt ending would encourage kids to continue to the second book on their own.
(I have already gotten my copy of Hollow City, ready to read for when I have time again to read for fun!)
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