Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

By Ransom Riggs

★★★★☆

“There’s no time,” he whispered. Then he raised his head off the ground, trembling with the effort, and breathed into my ear: “Find the bird. In the loop. On the other side of the old man’s grave. September third, 1940.” I nodded, but he could see that I didn’t understand. With his last bit of strength, he added, “Emerson-the letter. Tell them what happened, Yakob.

            And with that he sank back, spent and fading.

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is a mystery book about a place where it is never tomorrow, and the grandson of a boy who left.  Jacob has always dreamt of exploring the world and discovering continents, but his mother said it would never be possible. Jacob’s grandfather always told Jacob tales about monsters who hunted children who were capable of wondrous things-flying, lifting, and even invisibility. Jacob didn’t believe his grandfather, assuming they were just fairy tales, until he saw one of the monsters for himself. Following the trail of clues his grandfather left him, he first flies to a sparsely inhabited island off the coast of Wales. It is here that he discovers that there’s still somewhere in the world that he can explore.  From there, he travels back in time to a day that never ends, and finds truth in his grandfather’s words.

Told through a series of pictures as well as words, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is a very unique book. My favorite character in the book is Emma, because even though she can be emotional at times, underneath it all she seems to be a caring person. She has awesome powers, too. I mean, who doesn’t want to be able to conjure fire at will? Duh.  

I would recommend this book to lovers of mystery and paranormal fiction, aged 12-15. If you read or have read this book, comment and tell me your favorite character and what you rated it. :)