The Breadwinner
Directed By: Nora Twomey
Grade: A
“Stories remain in our hearts even when all else is gone.”
And this is a beautiful story, based on a book by Deborah Ellis, about a young girl in Afghanistan who must pretend to be a boy simply in order to keep her family afloat.
Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children
Directed By: Tim Burton
Grade: C
Miss Peregrine’s tells the tale of Jake (Asa Butterfield) who, after the tragic death of his grandfather, convinces his father to take him to Wales so he can look into the stories Abe used to tell him. Stories about a houseful of children with special powers watched over by Miss Peregrine (Eva Green) a governess type who can also create time loops and turn into a bird.
Book Beach Bunny 