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  MISS PEREGRINE''S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN - MISS PEREGRINE VOL 1

  Ransom Riggs

  • Quirk Books
  • 4 June 2013
  • 9781594746031

  The #1 New York Times best-selling series . Includes an excerpt from Hollow City and an interview with author Ransom Riggs A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrines 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 Peregrines 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 Peregrines 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, its no wonder Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children has been snapped up by Twentieth Century Fox. B+-- Entertainment Weekly Peculiar doesnt even begin to cover it. Riggs chilling, wondrous novel is already headed to the movies.-- People Youll love it if you want a good thriller for the summer. Its a mystery, and youll race to solve it before Jacob figures it out for himself.-- Seventeen
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  HOLLOW CITY - MISS PEREGRINE VOL 2

  Ransom Riggs

  • Quirk Books
  • 16 February 2015
  • 9781594747359

  The #1 New York Times best-selling series . Bonus features: Sneak preview of the third Peculiar Children novel Exclusive Q&A with Ransom Riggs Never-before-seen peculiar photography Like its predecessor, this second novel in the Peculiar Children series blends thrilling fantasy with vintage photography to create a one-of-a-kind reading experience. September 3, 1940. Ten peculiar children flee an army of deadly monsters. And only one person can help them--but shes trapped in the body of a bird. The extraordinary journey that began in Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children continues as Jacob Portman and his newfound friends journey to London, the peculiar capital of the world. There, they hope to find a cure for their beloved headmistress, Miss Peregrine. But in this war-torn city, hideous surprises lurk around every corner. And before Jacob can deliver the peculiar children to safety, he must make an important decision about his love for Emma Bloom.
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  The conference of the birds (miss peregrine's peculiar children 5)

  Ransom Riggs

  • Penguin
  • 12 January 2021
  • 9780241320914

  With enemies behind him and the unknown ahead, Jacob Portman's story continues as he takes a brave leap forward into "The Conference of the Birds", the newest installment of the beloved, number 1 bestselling Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series.

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  The desolations of devil's acre

  Ransom Riggs

  • Penguin Us
  • 29 March 2022
  • 9780735231559

  Jacob and his friends will face deadly enemies and race through history's most dangerous loops in this thrilling page-turner. "The Desolations of Devil's Acre" is the newest installment, and final adventure, in the beloved Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Childr

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  LIBRARY OF SOULS - MISS PEREGRINE

  Ransom Riggs

  • Quirk Books
  • 22 September 2015
  • 9781594747588

  The New York Times #1 best-selling series. Like its predecessors, Library of Souls blends thrilling fantasy with never-before-published vintage photography to create a one-of-a-kind reading experience . A boy with extraordinary powers. An army of deadly monsters. An epic battle for the future of peculiardom. The adventure that began with Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children and continued in Hollow City comes to a thrilling conclusion with Library of Souls . As the story opens, sixteen-year-old Jacob discovers a powerful new ability, and soon hes diving through history to rescue his peculiar companions from a heavily guarded fortress. Accompanying Jacob on his journey are Emma Bloom, a girl with fire at her fingertips, and Addison MacHenry, a dog with a nose for sniffing out lost children. Theyll travel from modern-day London to the labyrinthine alleys of Devils Acre, the most wretched slum in all of Victorian England. Its a place where the fate of peculiar children everywhere will be decided once and for all.
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