Young adult · Fantasy
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Teenager Jacob travels to a remote Welsh island after his grandfather's strange death, hoping to find the children's home from the old man's stories. The book includes real vintage photographs, which shape the story's eerie mood.
- First published
- 2011
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- Medium
- Pages
- 386
- Format
- Book 1 of 6 in Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children
Read this if you like young-adult fantasy with an eerie, old-fashioned atmosphere and a mystery to unravel.
Skip this if you want a self-contained story, since it sets up a series and leaves many questions open.
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