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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

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2011
2018
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11 chapters
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A series of YA books written by Ransom Riggs.

1) Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2) Hollow City
3) Library of Souls
4) A Map of Days
Copyright © 2011 by Ransom Riggs
I had just come to accept that my life would be ordinary when extraordinary things began to happen.
May contain spoilers
We rowed faster.
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Added: 01-Nov-2018
Last Updated: 16-Oct-2024

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 04-Jun-2013
Quirk Books
Paperback
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Date Issued:
04-Jun-2013
Format:
Paperback
Cover Price:
$10.99
Pages*:
369
Read:
Once
Internal ID:
2176
Publisher:
ISBN:
1-594-74603-6
ISBN-13:
978-1-594-74603-1
Printing:
18
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Doogie Horner - Designer
John J McGurk - Production Manager
Yefim Tovbis - Cover Photograph
"A tense, moving, and wondrously strange first novel. The photographs and text work together brilliantly to create an unforgettable story."
- John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars

A mysterious island.  An abandonded orphanage.  A strange collection of peculiar 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 out 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 decaying bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that Miss Peregrine's 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.

RANSOM RIGGS is the author of The Sherlock Holmes Handbook and Talking Pictures, a collection of found photographs.  He lives in Los Angeles.  This is his first novel.

BONUS FEATURES
  • The first chapter of Hollow City, the forthcoming sequel to Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
  • An exclusive Q&A with author Ransom Riggs
  • Never-before-seen peculiar photographs!
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Notes and Comments:
First paperback edition, Quirk Books, 2013
Originally published by Quirk Books in 2011
18th printing based on number line
Other prices: Canada $11.99
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04-Jun-2013
Quirk Books
Paperback

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2011Good ReadsBest Young Adult Fantasy amd Science Fiction Nominee
2011Good ReadsFavorite Book Nominee
2011KitschiesGolden Tentacle Nominee
2012Locus MagazineBest YA Novel Nominee
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