Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

By Ransom Riggs

  • Release Date: 2011-06-07
  • Genre: Fantasy for Young Adults
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 2,535 Ratings

Description

The #1 New York Times best-selling series.
 
Bonus features
• Q&A with author Ransom Riggs
• Eight pages of color stills from the film
• Sneak preview of Hollow City, the next novel in the 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

Reviews

  • GOOD

    4
    By fhchxbx
    I’m currently writing a book and it’s really good but this is even better not recommended if you or your parents don’t want you to read books with a lot of cuss words.
  • Whimsical and attention grabbing

    4
    By Hdjekksjak
    I loved the characters and abilities in this series I’m on my second read through and had to express my joy of the characters and story
  • Love this Book!

    5
    By EmmaPortman
    I read it quite a few times. For myself, then with my husband and children. It’s a page turner. And an amazing story with History, time travel, odd and delightful characters. You can’t help but get sucked into the Peculiar world!
  • Very good, confusing ending

    3
    By Addison11111
    This book was very interesting. Throughout reading it made me get excited for the ending but as I got closer I got more and more confused. The ending was disappointing, I thought it would be more than what it was. But overall it was a good book, I won’t be reading the others though.
  • I love it

    1
    By Kagehina_2.0
    I watched the movie an read the book both of them are AMAZING!! I really hope there are more books like this one I love this!
  • Didn’t read but loved the movie

    5
    By 2ai.
    I didn’t read the book but the movie was amazing.
  • Unique premise that will steal your heart

    5
    By TanyaEm
    The House in the Cerulean Sea + Back to the Future + Groundhog Day + The Diary of Anne Frank Jacob Portman grew up listening to his grandfather’s stories. Some were horrific, with his family being hunted by the Nazis. Some were fantastical, like the island of peculiar children where he went when he was saved. Peculiar, like the boy that had bees living inside of him. All had pictures to go with it. As he grows up, Jacob starts to think the photos are doctored and the stories are just stories. What will it take for him to believe? I hear people use the phrase “felt like I was coming home” a lot. That’s the best way I can describe a lot of the books I reread. There’s something so comforting about the book--from the cover to the characters, and in this book, the photos. If you go to Ransom’s IG, he did a fantabulous live last Friday, where he gave us the original ideas (it was originally going to be an illustrated poetry book, like Amphigorey). Again, I can’t praise this book enough. Not only are the characters and world extremely well-fleshed out, but Ransom has done a totally unique thing by shaping his story around old vintage photos he found. I’m extremely sad that just as I’m coming back to the series, the final book comes out next month. Buy this book for yourself or someone looking to get lost in time. If you’re twisted, get it for someone who says pictures are for kids’ books.
  • Loved it👌

    5
    By dr dre 999
    I couldn’t get enough of it and got so into it the second I started reading the books.
  • Nice

    4
    By Da Ultimate Frog
    Didn’t hit me like other books have, but still good. Would recommend but still not my favorite.
  • Book 📖 and Movie 🎥

    5
    By somewhat mariah fan
    Both of them are good