Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Books | Young Adult Fiction / Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural

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Ransom Riggs

The #1 New York Times best-selling series An abandoned orphanage on a mysterious island holds the key to supernatural secrets in this unusual and original first book in the one-of-a-kind Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series A captivating blend of horror, dark fantasy, paranormal mystery, and time travel brought to life with more than 50 haunting vintage photographs eBook Bonus Features: • A Q&A with author Ransom Riggs • Eight pages of color stills from the Tim Burton film • A sneak preview of Hollow City, the next novel in the seriesWhen 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. A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with a strange collection of historical photographs, this unforgettable novel will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.“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

Fantasy

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Paranormal

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Author

Ransom Riggs

Pages

352

Publisher

Quirk Books

Published Date

2011-06-07

ISBN

1594745137 9781594745133

Ratings

Google: 4

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haven

"This one's fun! It's about a boy finding things within himself that he never thought possible, finding love in a place he never would have expected, and finding out just what it means to care about someone, friend, family, or otherwise"

Rebecca Alexander

"Some reviews of this book are stupid and I'm thinking of one in particular who was acting as if this book was meant for children while it is genre marked as YA which strains anywhere from 12-18 years of age. By the language used and the graphicness of some scenes and images, this was meant for 14 and up, 13 at the least if the reader is more mature. Trigger warning for the slaughtering of animals. There are other trigger warnings but most things didn't bother me as much as the harm towards animals, so they're not as memorable to me. I'd suggest looking up a list because trust, there are definitely a lot. The movie adaptation is extremely inaccurate to the second half of the book, they really did the book dirty with their adaptation and the ability swapping of Emma and Olive. Furthermore, I wouldn't suggest this to any typical reader, as the title kind of plays into the audience: people deemed peculiar or people who are searching to find their place."

RanchyFinch

"This book re-energized my love of reading. After years of hunting for something that captured my imagination as if I was a kid again, I found this novel. Thank you Ransom Riggs for reminding me why I love books. "

Alexia Hollis

"⭐️⭐️⭐️"

A Broke Book Buyer

"It's a nice easy listening YA novel for audiobooks. I must have read the first one when it was initially released, and now I kinda wanna go through the whole series. "