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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children 

 

For those who enjoy a touch of the odd and weird, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is the book to add to your reading list. This unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in an electrifying reading experience that takes us to a mysterious island, where we find an abandoned orphanage. And, a strange collection of very curious photographs that captures our imagination in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.

USA Today has called Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children a thrilling, Tim Burton-esque tale with haunting photographs. The novel begins with a horrific family tragedy that sets 16-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 who once lived here. One of whom was his own grandfather, which were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a desolate island for a good reason, and they may still be alive.

Now a New York Times bestseller, with film rights sold to 20th Century Fox, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is the creation of Author, Ransom Riggs, a filmmaker, photographer, blogger and writer who combs flea markets for unusual vintage photos, a hobby that spawned the inspiration for the book.

By Stacy Delray

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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows. This book is available as a hardcover or e-book at booksellers and online retailers everywhere, or visit www.Quirkbooks.com for more information. 

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