Miss Peregrines Peculiar Children

<b>Praise for <i>Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children</i></b> A tense, moving, and wondrously strange first novel. The photographs and text work together brilliantly to create an unforgettable story. --John Green, <i>New York Times</i> best-selling author of <i>Looking for Alaska</i> and <i>Paper Towns</i> Readers searching for the next Harry Potter may want to visit <i>Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children</i>. --<i>CNN</i> Riggs deftly moves between fantasy and reality, prose and photography to create an enchanting and at times positively terrifying story. --<i>Associated Press</i> I read all of the <i>Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children</i> books and I loved them. --Florence of <i>Florence + The Machine</i> [A] thrilling, Tim Burton-esque tale with haunting photographs. --<i>USA Today Pop Candy </i> <i> </i> With its <i>X-Men: First Class</i>-meets-time-travel story line, David Lynchian imagery, and rich, eerie detail, it's no wonder <i>Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children</i> has been snapped up by Twentieth Century Fox. B+ --<i>Entertainment Weekly </i> Peculiar' doesn't even begin to cover it. Riggs' chilling, wondrous novel is already headed to the movies. --<i>People</i> You'll love it if you want a good thriller for the summer. It's a mystery, and you'll race to solve it before Jacob figures it out for himself. --<i>Seventeen</i> This peculiar parable is pure perfection. --<i>Justine </i>magazine One of the coolest, creepiest YA books. --<i>PopSugar</i> It's an enjoyable, eccentric read, distinguished by well-developed characters, a believable Welsh setting, and some very creepy monsters. --<i>Publishers Weekly</i> An original work that defies categorization, this first novel should appeal to readers who like quirky fantasies. Riggs includes many vintage photographs that add a critical touch of the peculiar to his unusual tale. --<i>Library Journal</i> <i> </i> <i>Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children </i>is a wonderfully original and inventive book with colorful characters, a mysterious tale woven together with threads of historical relevance, and incorporating unforgettable vintage photographs which bring the story to life. --<i>Geeks of Doom</i> Brace yourself for the last 70 pages of relentless, squirm-in-your-chair action. I loved every minute of it. --<i>Cleveland Plain Dealer</i> Hands down, this is one of the best books of recent years...both creepy and terrifyingly delicious. --<i>Forces of Geek</i> Though technically a children's book, <i>Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children</i> is more Grimm's than Disney, and Riggs images, dropped like bread crumbs, could lead audiences of any age happily down the path of its spellbinding tale. --<i>Florida Times-Union</i> In a time when so much summer entertainment seems to be more of the same, <i>Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children</i> is a pleasant surprise--a story that is fresh and new, engrosses and grips, and provides enough clues so that the ending makes sense and seems thoughtful. --<i>PopMatters</i> A twisting tale of phenomenal children, <i>Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children</i> is a book that both children and adults will love. --<i>Romper</i> <b>Praise for <i>Hollow City</i></b> I was blown away...<i>Hollow City </i>is fantastic. --<i>USAToday.com</i> A worthy follow-up, and as addictive a read as the first. --<i>Hypable</i> <i>Hollow City</i> mixes spooky vintage photos and action-packed storytelling to continue the story of Jacob Portman and his fellow peculiars as they travel through time to war-torn London. --Dan Kois, <i>Slate</i> A perfect blend of creepiness and thoughtfulness. --<i>PopMatters</i> A stunning achievement... <i>Hollow City</i> is even richer than Riggs's imaginative debut, <i>Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.</i> --<i>Boston Globe</i> What makes the series soar, however, is not the world-building, as intriguing as it is, but the heartfelt intensity of the emotions. --<i>Virginian-Pilot</i> Ideal for fans of Neil Gaiman and Daniel Kraus, <i>Hollow City</i> blends fantasy and horror into a world that will engross readers and leave them eager for more. --<i>Shelf Awareness for Readers</i> A tasty adventure for any reader with an appetite for the...peculiar. --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> New readers of the series will find this novel a treat...Fans of the first title will find this book a treasure. The only downside: waiting for the third installment to find out what happens to Jacob and his peculiar friends. --<i>School Library Journal</i> Riggs has created a fresh and original world in these Peregrine novels, with likable, quirky characters and a very readable style. --<i>Library Journal </i>Xpress Review Fans will be thrilled to know that the sequel to <i>Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children</i> is as hauntingly sinister as the first and is unequivocally worth the wait. It's a rare sequel that improves on the series' beginning.<i>..</i> A must-read! --RT Book Reviews A great big jolt of fun. --<i>LitReactor</i> Fans will be pleased with this second volume and downright delighted to know that a third in the series is in the offering. --<i>Booklist<b>Praise for <i>Library of Souls</i></b> <b> </b> Oh, my birds, I love this book! I'm obsessed with Ransom Riggs' wildly creative world packed with heroic, heartwarming characters, supper baddies, and incredible settings like Devil's Acre and the Library of Souls. --Annalyse, <i>Justine Magazine</i> Fans of the trilogy's first two books will enjoy <i>Library of Souls </i>for its unique world, fast action, satisfying answers and a thorough tying up of loose ends. <i>--Free Lance-Star</i> <i>Library of Souls</i> will not disappoint. <i>--Forces of Geek</i> I was blown away by the way the haunting photographs were woven so seamlessly into the incredible plot. And <i>Library of Souls</i> has simply the most perfect ending. --Nikki, <i>Justine Magazine</i> The challenge Riggs faces in <i>Library of Souls</i> is to match the remarkably high standard set by the first two books in the series, either the mind-bending bafflements of the first book or the edge-of-your-seat action of the second. Riggs succeeds, delivering a thrilling conclusion to Jacob's trilogy. --<i>Paste </i>magazine Fans will easily lose themselves in this most peculiar tale of all. --<i>Booklist</i> Thrilling and satisfying. --<i>School Library Journal</i> Enthralling. --<i>Children's Bookwatch</i> I enjoyed reading this book so much, the cliched, 'I couldn't put it down, ' doesn't suffice. --<i>Geeks of Doom </i> Readers are sure to leap right in after the cliffhanger ending of Hollow City, and they won't be disappointed. --<i>RT Book Review</i>, 4 1/2 out of 5 stars