Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2011 novel by Ransom Riggs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is a contemporary fantasy debut novel by American author Ransom Riggs. 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.
Author | Ransom Riggs |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Young adult literature, fantasy |
Publisher | Quirk Books |
Published in English | June 7, 2011 |
Media type | Print, e-book, audiobook |
Pages | 352 pp. |
ISBN | 978-1-59474-476-1 |
OCLC | 664668604 |
Followed by | Hollow City |
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.[1][2] Riggs was a collector of photographs, but needed more for his novel. He met Leonard Lightfoot, a well-known collector at the Rose Bowl Flea Market, and was introduced to other collectors.[3] 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.[2]
The book has been a New York Times best seller.[1][4] It reached the No. 1 spot on the Children's Chapter Books list on April 29, 2012, after being on the list for 45 weeks,[5] remaining there until May 20, when it dropped to the fourth spot on the list.[6][7][8] 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.