Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is Ransom Riggs' debut novel. After reading the book in its entirety I can only say that what started out with such promise, ended in a blaze of mixed feelings. I'm not sure how I feel about it. The ending leaves several issues unresolved and is more of a beginning than an ending. While the jacket blurb makes no mention of this being the first book in a potential series, the ending makes it clear that there must be at least one planned sequel. Jacob's grandfather told him fantastical stories about the children he grew up with in an orphanage on a remote island off the coast of Wales. There was the girl who could create fire with her bare hands, the boy who was filled bees, and the levitating girl among others. When Jacob stopped believing the stories, his grandfather stopped telling them. Years later when Jacob's 15, his grandfather dies suddenly and with his last words he sends Jacob on a journey t...
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