Critics have generally praised the book for creative use of vintage photographs in the sepia style and surrealist form, as well as good characterization and settings.Īs a child, Jacob Magellan Portman has been fascinated with his grandfather Abraham's stories about surviving as a Jew during World War II, running from man-eating monsters, and living with peculiar children in a secret home guarded by 'a wise old bird.' As Jacob grows older, he begins to doubt the stories until the arrival of his grandfather's death. 1 spot on the Children's Chapter Books list on April 29, 2012, after being on the list for 45 weeks, remaining there until May 20, when it dropped to the fourth spot on the list. The book has been a New York Times best seller. The result was a story about a boy who follows clues from his grandfather's old photographs, tales, and his grandfather's last words which lead him on an adventure that takes him to a large abandoned orphanage on Cairnholm, a fictional Welsh island. He met Leonard Lightfoot, a well-known collector at the Rose Bowl Flea Market, and was introduced to other collectors. Riggs was a collector of photographs, but needed more for his novel. This young adult book was originally intended to be a picture book featuring photographs Riggs had collected, but on the advice of an editor at Quirk Books, he used the photographs as a guide from which to put together a narrative. The story is told through a combination of narrative and a mix of vernacular and found photography from the personal archives of collectors listed by the author. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is a contemporary fantasy debut novel by American author Ransom Riggs.

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