Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

$15.19

Hardcover
Author: Ransom Riggs
Publisher: Quirk Books
Publish Date: June 2011
Language: English
Reading Level: 5.7
EAN: 9781594744761

Overview

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

Details

Pages: 352
Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 1.1 in
Lexile Score: 890
Interest Level: Upper Grade (UG)
Point Value: 13
ISBN: 1594744769

Awards

2014 Charlotte Award - Nominee (High School/Grades 9-12)
2014 Grand Canyon Reader Award - Recommended (Teen)
2014 Green Mountain Book Award - Nominee (Grades 9-12)
2014 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Winner (Young Adult)
2014 Sequoyah Book Awards - Nominee (High School)
2014 Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee (Senior/Grades 10-12)
2013 Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee (Grades 9-12)
2013 Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Nominee (Grades 9-12)
2013 Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee (High School)
2012 Benjamin Franklin Award - Finalist (Fiction-Teen)
2012 Locus Awards - Nominee (Young Adult)