Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

"Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs uses real photographs of strange people to tell its story of a mysterious island, an abandoned orphanage and a strange collection of very curious photographs. As the 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. i enjoyed reading this fantasy. I found it to be light reading and very entertaining." -Sindi Kunkle