Mysterious,
eerie, wondrous, alluring and a bit disturbing, Miss Peregrine’s Home For
Peculiar Children is a New York Times #1 best-seller, topping the list for more
than 52 impressive consecutive weeks.
Author
Ransom Riggs sets the story on a mysterious island off the coast of Wales,
where there waits the crumbling ruins of an abandoned orphanage. Following a
horrific family tragedy, sixteen-year-old Jacob travels to this island and
discovers that the children housed at the orphanage were more than just
peculiar. They may have been dangerous and they may still be impossibly, yet
possibly, alive.
A
spine-tingling fantasy accompanied by haunting vintage photography, Miss
Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children will both captivate and appall anyone
who relishes an adventure in the shadows.
New York
Times best-selling author of The Fault in
Our Stars, John Green described Rigg’s debut novel as “tense, moving, and wondrously
strange. The photographs and text work together brilliantly to create an
unforgettable story.”
In my opinion, this story is one
of few that actually hit all those points that you want hit. Fearlessly, it
burrows you down to that dark and dank cellar in the basement. Or that attic
that no one dares to enter. The story leaves you with a strange satisfaction.
Yet, you’ll still be craving more.
Fans of the novel can soon
quench that hunger. World-renowned director Tim Burton and X-Men: First Class writer Jane Goldman are currently in the process
of developing the novel into a film, expecting to be released on July 31, 2015.
Riggs has already completed a sequel to the novel, titled Hollow City. Its release date is set for January 2014.
If you’re searching for a
“peculiar” and fitting novel for the Halloween season, Miss Peregrine’s
Home For Peculiar Children is sure to meet all of your expectations.
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