Recommended to Me: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Synopsis: A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And 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 who once lived here—one of whom was his own grandfather—were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a desolate 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. Read more… I love that this book has vintage photography to accompany the story. It looks extremely creepy. You can view the book trailer here (it’s actually really good - more like a movie trailer) and read the first three chapters here.

Recommended to Me: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Synopsis: A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And 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 who once lived here—one of whom was his own grandfather—were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a desolate 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. Read more…

I love that this book has vintage photography to accompany the story. It looks extremely creepy. You can view the book trailer here (it’s actually really good - more like a movie trailer) and read the first three chapters here.

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    This book can’t be promoted enough! It is brilliant and beautiful and I am very proud to have it on my bookshelf!
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    Let’s just take a moment to appreciate this glorious book. The trailer is great too!
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    Currently reading.
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    You know a book is going to be good when you watch the book trailer, read the first chapter (and the next, and the...
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    Reminds me of Tom Riddle. Must read.
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    This sounds really neat. I might have to pick it up.
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    I’m reading the first chapter now, it looks good. Skips the vintage photos pages though, it’s creepy.
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    Sounds like it may have potential.
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