Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children)
"A tense, moving, and wondrously strange first novel. The photographs and text work together brilliantly to create an unforgettable story."--John Green, New York Times best-selling author of The Fault in Our Stars
"Riggs deftly moves between fantasy and reality, prose and photography to create an enchanting and at times positively terrifying story."--Associated Press
"You'll love it if you want a good thriller for the summer. It's a mystery, and you'll race to solve it before Jacob figures it out for himself."--Seventeen
"One of the coolest, creepiest YA books."--PopSugar
When a devastating family tragedy propels sixteen-year-old Jacob on a journey to a remote island off the coast of Wales, he stumbles upon the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As he explores the abandoned rooms, he uncovers a chilling truth--these children were not just peculiar, they were potentially dangerous, and they may have been quarantined for a reason. Trapped on this desolate island, their supernatural abilities and the mysteries surrounding them deepen. Impossibly, they may still be alive, their existence defying the laws of time and nature.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is the unforgettable first novel in Ransom Riggs's bestselling YA series, blending supernatural mystery, gothic adventure, time travel, and haunting photography into a one-of-a-kind reading experience.
- Bestselling dark fantasy and supernatural mystery series opener
- Features more than fifty haunting vintage photographs integrated into the narrative
- Richly atmospheric Welsh island setting
- Appeals to both teen and adult fantasy readers
- Adapted into a major motion picture directed by Tim Burton
Step into the mystery and discover a world where being peculiar may be the greatest power of all.
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Peculiarly written, beautifully designed, and gripping until the last moment[...]
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From the very beginning I was drawn into it and could not put it down.
Jacob tragically lost his grandfather who used to tell him about the peculiar children and Miss Peregrine when Jacob was small but as Jacob grew he thought these were just tall tales. He was so distressed with the loss of his grandfather that Jacob and his dad take a trip to Wales to try and sort his head out.
This is where the adventure began. I do not want to say anymore as it would spoil the story, but it is fantastic.
The way the story is written was fantastic, the old photographs throughout the book were amazing and really helped with the imagination. The descriptions of the different people down to the small things were brilliant. It was as if I were there too.
It was left open for the next adventure which I am eagerly waiting for it to be released.
While I was reading this my husband kept stopping asking me what was happening, he was very interested in the book although he does not read himself. He said to me this would make a fantastic movie.
Little did we know at the time of reading it, that is was in fact being made into a movie, and we cannot wait to watch that either!
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