Title: Miss
Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Author: Random
Riggs
Publisher: Quirk
Books
Length: 348 pages
Rating: 4/5
A mysterious island off the coast of Wales.
An abandoned orphanage destroyed by a bomb in WWII.
A collection of curious photographs that can’t possibly be
real.
Jacob journeys to the island, finds the orphanage, and
discovers that the peculiar children in the old photographs may still exist,
and may be in desperate need of Jacob’s help.
By now, my faithful blog readers, you know that I love it
when an author does something unique. Wrapping a wonderful story around a
collection of crazy photographs definitely counts as unique! I was hesitant at
first (don’t we all make up stories based on pictures?), but the further I got
into the book, the more the pictures became real characters and a real part of
the story. This isn’t just a Fiction Writing 101 gimmick, it’s an intricate and
mysterious story about the impossible happening.
And in true YA fashion, it begs the question: aren’t we all
peculiar children in some ways?
This definitely sounds like a really unique book... it looks kinda creepy as well, though... but I like the sound of it being an 'intricate and mysterious story about the impossible happening.' Sounds cool! ;)
ReplyDeleteP.S. I love your blog name, by the way! So clever! ;)
Thanks Catherine! Looking at your blog, it seems we have similar taste in books!
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