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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 1

by Ransom Riggs
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/08/2011
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"A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine s Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows."

The #1 New York Times best-selling series.

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage.A strange collection of very curious photographs.It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow-impossible though it seems-they may still be alive. ??A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 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

"With its X-Men- First Class-meets-time-travel story line, David Lynchian imagery, and rich, eerie detail, it's no wonder Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children has been snapped up by Twentieth Century Fox. B+"-Entertainment Weekly

"'Peculiar' doesn't even begin to cover it. Riggs' chilling, wondrous novel is already headed to the movies."-People

"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
ISBN:
9781594744761
9781594744761
Category:
Horror & ghost stories
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-08-2011
Language:
English
Publisher:
Quirk Books
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
352
Dimensions (mm):
215x139x26mm
Weight:
0.48kg
 
Ransom Riggs

Ransom Riggs grew up in Florida, where he spent his formative years making silly movies with his friends in their various backyards, snorkeling, and complaining about the heat.

He studied English at Kenyon College and film at the University of Southern California. He is married. He has a cat. He lives in Los Angeles. He enjoys traveling to exotic lands and complaining about the heat.

He would like to thank you for reading this short biography.

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I love the idea behind this book - the author has taken a random selection of salvaged vintage photographs and woven them into a story about a boy who finds that fairy tales (and nightmares) can come true when he retraces back through his grandfather's peculiar life. It being hardcover adds to the 'vintage' feel and it just makes me want to scour opshops for abandoned photos to write my own story about.

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