Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

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

Publisher: Quirk Books
Published: 06/07/2011
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.1lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781594744761
Age: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 13
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 145802 / Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children


Award: Locus Awards - Nominee
Award: Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Nominee
Award: Benjamin Franklin Award - Finalist
Award: Sequoyah Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Green Mountain Book Award - Nominee
Award: Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Grand Canyon Reader Award - Recommended
Award: Charlotte Award - Nominee
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Winner


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/15/2011 pg. 77
Publishers Weekly 04/25/2011
Booklist 05/15/2011 pg. 17
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2011 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
School Library Journal 06/01/2011 pg. 132
People Weekly 06/20/2011 pg. 68
Entertainment Weekly 06/17/2011 pg. 103
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001

About the Author
Ransom Riggs is the author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Quirk, 2011), a New York Times best seller, as well as its best-selling sequels Hollow City (Quirk, 2013) and Library of Souls (Quirk, 2015). He lives in Santa Monica, CA, with his wife.