Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar ChildrenRansom Riggs
Quirk Books, June 2011
ISBN: 978-1594744761
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.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children follows the story of 16-year-old Jacob, who, determined to learn more about his grandfather's mysterious past, leaves his home in suburban Florida for an adventure on a deserted island off the coast of Wales. Before long, he discovers the time-ravaged remains of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an orphanage for outcasts with strange attributes and abilities.
Among this cast of characters is Emma, a human torch who can hold a ball of fire in her hand; Enoch, a little bruiser who can animate toy soldiers with the hearts of mice; Olive, a levitating girl who must be belted into her chair at dinner, lest she float away; and Claire, who has a "backmouth," which is exactly what it sounds like--she has a second mouth in the back of her head.
Riggs is a collector of oddities, and this book is packed with wonderfully haunting found photographs of peculiar children who match the descriptions of the characters inside. Thanks to vivid descriptions, compassionately drawn characters, and a suspenseful narrative, the story could exist on its own and be just as powerful without the photos, but the bound book is a beautiful package--a physical object worth buying and saving.
For those who are wary of the fantasy genre, have no fear. A lucid and lyrical storyteller, Riggs has created a world without getting trapped in it himself. Instead, he tells us what we need to know in order to understand this strange island and care for the peculiar, amazing, enchanting kids who inhabit it--ultimately leaving us wanting to know more. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is haunting, brilliant and unlike anything else you've ever read.
RANSOM RIGGS is an author living in Los Angeles.
Riggs is a collector of oddities, and this book is packed with wonderfully haunting found photographs of peculiar children who match the descriptions of the characters inside. Thanks to vivid descriptions, compassionately drawn characters, and a suspenseful narrative, the story could exist on its own and be just as powerful without the photos, but the bound book is a beautiful package--a physical object worth buying and saving.
For those who are wary of the fantasy genre, have no fear. A lucid and lyrical storyteller, Riggs has created a world without getting trapped in it himself. Instead, he tells us what we need to know in order to understand this strange island and care for the peculiar, amazing, enchanting kids who inhabit it--ultimately leaving us wanting to know more. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is haunting, brilliant and unlike anything else you've ever read.
RANSOM RIGGS is an author living in Los Angeles.
ISBN: 978-1594744761; ISBN10: 1594744769; Imprint: Quirk Books; On Sale: 6/7/2011; Format: Hardcover; Pages: 352; $17.99
