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ransom riggs
grew up in Florida but now
makes his home in the land of peculiar children
Los Angeles. He has produced a number of award-winning short lms and moonlights as a blogger and
travel writer. This is his rst novel.A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And a strange col-lection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
, an unforgettable novel thatmixes ction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. Asour story opens, a horric 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 becomesclear that the children who once lived hereone of whom was his
own grandfatherwere more than just peculiar. They may have been
dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a desolate islandfor good reason. And somehowimpossible though it seemstheymay still be alive.
A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography,
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
will delight adults, teens, andanyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.
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A Novel
By r r
ISBN 978-1-59474-476-1$17.99 US/$19.99 CAN5
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“The house was strewn with discardedthings, most o which looked like they hadn’tbeen touched in years. Brittle newspapersgathered in drits. Scattered toys, evidenceo children long gone, were skinned withdust. Creeping mold had turned window-adjacent walls black and urry.”
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ISBN 978-1-59474-463-1
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This is an original work o ction/horror/parody and is notocially sponsored by, aliated with, or endorsed by theowners o the Star Trek
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tHe curious case oBenJamin Button
ISBN 978-1-59474-281-1
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great or liBraries and Young adult!
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On sale June 7, 2011Rights Sold: FR, DE, BR, FI