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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children / by Ransom Riggs.
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. - Publisher.
After a family tragedy, Jacob feels compelled to explore an abandoned orphanage on an island off the coast of Wales, discovering disturbing facts about the children who were kept there.
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- ISBN: 1594744769 (hardbound)
- ISBN: 9781594744761 (hardbound)
- ISBN: 1594745749
- ISBN: 9781594745744
- ISBN: 9781594746031 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1594746036 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1480617547 (PawPrnt)
- ISBN: 9781480617544 (PawPrnt)
- ISBN: 9781594746062 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1594746060 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 352 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : Quirk Books, c2011
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| General Note: | "Designed by Doogie Horner ; Production management by John J. McGurk"--t.p. verso. |
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| Subject: | Orphanages > Juvenile fiction. Islands > Juvenile fiction. Teenage boys > Juvenile fiction. Orphanages > Fiction. Islands > Fiction. Mystery and detective stories. Wales > Juvenile fiction. |
| Genre: | Mystery fiction. Photographs. Dust jackets (Bindings) > 2011. Detective and mystery stories |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date | |
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| Burlington Public Library | TEEN RIGGS | 39851001219584 | Teen New Books | Copy hold | Available | - |
| Burlington Public Library | TEEN RIGGS | 39851001220624 | Teen Fiction | Copy hold | Available | - |
Ransom Riggs is the author of Miss Peregrineâs Home for Peculiar Children (Quirk, 2011), a New York Times best seller, as well as its best-selling sequels Hollow City (Quirk, 2013) and Library of Souls (Quirk, 2015). He lives in Santa Monica, CA, with his wife.