Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
- 392
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
- Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Young-Adult Novel
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Our view
The idea carries this debut, a story built around old found photographs and set on an island touched by time travel and war. Its eerie world is the strongest part. Some readers care less for the last quarter and feel the book breaks off without a proper ending, leaving the rest to the five volumes that follow. A good pick for younger readers who like their adventure dark.
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About the book
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is a 2011 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.
Reading order · Miss Peregrine
Full order & progress →- Miss Peregrine's Home of Peculiar ChildrenThis book
7.57.5 / 10 - Hollow City
7.87.8 / 10 - Library of Souls
8.18.1 / 10 - A Map of Days
8.08.0 / 10 - The Conference of the Birds
–Not ranked yet - The Desolations of Devil's Acre
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.4 across 1,527 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 91% of the weight and the score stays at 7.5 — the Young adult average of 7.8 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.9 | 47 | 3% |
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 1.5K | 97% |
Frequently asked
What age is Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children for?
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 392 pages — shorter than 80% of the ranked books in Young adult.
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