Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom
Riggs
After witnessing the gruesome death of his grandfather, 16
year old Jacob seems to be having a mental breakdown. His father takes him to
the remote island his grandfather was from to help him cope, and while there
Jacob discovers that his grandfather's seemingly tall tales of monsters and
orphans with special gifts might actually be true.
Although the storytelling is a little slow at times, once
you get into this book it's fantastic. I loved the X-Men quality to some of the
characters, and I'm a sucker for time travel and mysteries, so this was just my
cup of tea. And all the creepy photographs
throughout the book (which Ransom Riggs based the whole story around)
are fascinating!
I give this one a B.
If you enjoy this book, Riggs just released the sequel called Hollow City. And if you liked the photography, he has another
book full of the pictures he's collected called "Talking Pictures".
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