Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs
Published 2011
Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children is an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography into a mysterious and thrilling reading experience. Sixteen-year-old Jacob is very close with his grandfather Abe, a World War II veteran and Jewish refugee. Abe loves nothing better than telling Jacob stories of his childhood. But these are no ordinary stories. Abe's grandfather claims to have grown up in a home full of "peculiar children". He talks about children who can levitate, lift heavy boulders over their heads with ease, become invisible, or even eat using a mouth in the back of their heads. As Jacob gets older, he becomes skeptical of these stories, especially when his grandfather's mental health starts spiralling downwards. Later on, tragedy strikes. Jacob rushes over to his grandfather's house, to find him in the woods dying and insisting the monsters in his stories have done this.
This event leaves Jacob on a journey to a remote island off the coast of Wales to find the home his grandfather grew up in. After some searching, Jacob finds the home, only to see it has been abandoned for years. Jacob decides to trek on and enters the home. After some time spent searching for clues, Jacob realizes something is not right. Jacob swears he can hear children talking and even thinks he spotted one. Jacob quickly comes to realize that he has gone back in time and the house his grandfather grew up in once existed.
The children welcome Jacob into their home and start showing off their peculiar abilities. Jacob is determined to learn more about these peculiar children and the monsters that killed his grandfather. Jacob comes to terms, that he to, is peculiar. He can see the monsters that no one else can. After spending some time at the house, another tragedy strikes. Jacob and all the other peculiar children's lives are in great danger. A monster has located the house and now no one is safe. A group a peculiars, led by Jacob, secretly leave the house to go and kill the monster's that are terrorizing them. The group believes that they have defeated the monster, but will they ever really be safe?
Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children is by far one of my favorite reads of all time and I look forward to reading its sequel, Hollow City.
“We cling to our fairy tales until the price for believing in them becomes too high.”
Review by Katrina Elmore
I heard this book was great and even bought a copy, but I haven't gotten around to reading it. It sounds like I should make the time! Maybe a good summer read . . .
ReplyDeleteBy the way - is the sequel available or is it still in the works?
The sequel is available! It was published just this January.
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