Hollow city the second novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children
The movie adaptation of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is in theaters September 2016. The New York Times #1 best selling seriesSeptember 3, 1940. Ten peculiar children flee an army of deadly monsters. And only one person can help them -- but she's trapped in the body of a bird. The extr...
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| Language: | English |
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| Series: | Riggs, Ransom. Novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children ;
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| Summary: | The movie adaptation of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is in theaters September 2016. The New York Times #1 best selling seriesSeptember 3, 1940. Ten peculiar children flee an army of deadly monsters. And only one person can help them -- but she's trapped in the body of a bird. The extraordinary journey that began in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children continues as Jacob Portman and his newfound friends journey to London, the peculiar capital of the world. There, they hope to find a cure for their beloved headmistress, Miss Peregrine. But in this war-torn city, hideous surprises lurk around every corner. And before Jacob can deliver the peculiar children to safety, he must make an important decision about his love for Emma Bloom. Like its predecessor, this second novel in the Peculiar Children series blends thrilling fantasy with vintage photography to create a one-of-a-kind reading experience. "A stunning achievement . . Hollow City is even richer than Riggs's imaginative debut, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" -- Boston Globe Bonus features: Sneak preview of the third Peculiar Children novelExclusive Q&A with Ransom RiggsNever-before-seen peculiar photography |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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| Audience: | Text Difficulty 4 - Text Difficulty 5 UG/Upper grades (9th-12) 850 5.7 |
| ISBN: | 9781594746208 |
| Author Notes: | Ransom Riggs is a writer and filmmaker. He was born in Marland in 1980 and attended the Pine View School for the Gifted in Florida. He studied English literature at Kenyon College and studied film at the University of Southern California. His work on short films for the Internet and blogging for Mental Floss magazine got him a job writing The Sherlock Holmes Handbook which was released as a tie-in to the 2009 Sherlock Holmes film. Riggs had collected curious vernacular photographs and approached his publisher, Quirk Books, about using some of them in a picture book. On the suggestion of an editor, Riggs used the photographs as a guide from which to put together a narrative. The resulting book was Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children which made The New York Times Best Seller list. One of his other books inspired by old photographs entitled Taking Pictures was published in 2012. Hollow City, the sequel to Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, also made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) |
