The bestselling young adult novel Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs turns 10 years old this month. This visual storytelling masterpiece has always been difficult to define, genre-wise. It takes place in our world, but a version…
‘The Desolation of Devil’s Acre’ review: Ransom Riggs gives a satisfying ending to his ‘peculiar’ series
The Desolation of Devil’s Acre, the last installment in Ransom Riggs’ revolutionary Miss Peregrine’s series, ties all loose ends and will leave longtime readers feeling content to finally say goodbye to their favorite characters. V, the mysterious figure who is…
Book Review: The Conference of the Birds by Ransom Riggs
Once again, Ransom Riggs delivers on rich world-building and unexpected suspense in The Conference of the Birds, the latest addition to the Miss Peregrine’s series. Diving back into this series always feels like coming home for me. It just gives…
The 25 Best Young Adult Books of the 2010s
As we near the end of the 2010s, we are reflecting on the past decade. There was so much that we enjoyed, and there was quite a bit that we didn’t quite enjoy… But since it is the season of…
Movie Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs wrote his book Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children around a set of vintage photos he had found at various flea markets. Each photo had children in them, but there was something, well peculiar about them — one girl floated inches above…
New Trailer: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
20th Century Fox has released a new trailer for Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, based on Ransom Riggs’s book of the same name. When Jake discovers clues to a mystery that spans alternate realities and times, he uncovers a…
First official trailer for ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ reveals fantastical new world
“There’s a new world coming. And it’s just around the bend.” And it’s a most peculiar world, indeed. In the first official trailer for Tim Burton’s upcoming feature film, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an adaptation of Ranson Riggs’…