Ransom Riggs
Hi, I'm Ransom, and I like to tell stories. Sometimes I tell them with words, sometimes with pictures, often with both. I grew up on a farm on the Eastern shore of Maryland and also in a little house by the beach in Englewood, Florida where I got very tan and swam every day until I became half fish. I started writing stories when I was young, on an old typewriter that jammed and longhand on legal pads. When I was a little older I got a camera for Christmas and became obsessed with photography, and when I was a little older still my friends and I came into possession of a half-broken video camera and began to make our own movies, starring ourselves, using our bedrooms and backyards for sets. I have loved writing stories and taking photographs and making movies ever since, and have endeavored to do all three.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
Ransom Riggs
A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children," an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its decaying bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that Miss Peregrine's children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow — impossible though it seems — they may still be alive.
Talking Pictures: Images and Messages Rescued from the Past
Ransom Riggs
With the candid quirkiness of Awkward Family Photos and the confessional intimacy of PostSecret, Ransom Riggs's Talking Pictures is a haunting collection of antique found photographs—with evocative inscriptions that bring these lost personal moments to life—from the author of the New York Times bestselling illustrated novel Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Each image in Talking Pictures reveals a singular, frozen moment in a person’s life, be it joyful, quiet, or steeped in sorrow. Yet the book’s unique depth comes from the writing accompanying each photo: as with the caption revealing how one seemingly random snapshot of a dancing couple captured the first dance of their 40-year marriage, each successive inscription shines like a flashbulb illuminating a photograph’s particular context and lighting up our connection to the past.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine, #1)
Ransom Riggs
A mysterious island.
An abandoned orphanage.
A strange collection of very curious photographs.
It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive.
A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.
The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry (Sunderworld, #1)
Ransom Riggs
The much-anticipated new fantasy series from Ransom Riggs, his first since introducing the #1 global phenomenon Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series.
Seventeen-year-old Leopold Berry is seeing weird things around Los Angeles. A man who pops a tooth into a parking meter. A glowing trapdoor in a parking lot. A half-mechanical raccoon with its tail on fire that just won’t leave him alone. Every hallucinatory moment seems plucked from a cheesy 1990s fantasy TV show called Max's Adventures in Sunderworld—and that’s because they are.
Not a good sign.
In the blurry weeks after his mother’s death, a young Leopold discovered VHS tapes of its one and only season in a box headed for the trash—and soon became obsessed. Losing himself in Sunder was the best way to avoid two things: grieving his mother and being a chronic disappointment to his overbearing father. But when the strange visions return—at the worst possible time on the worst possible day—Leopold turns to his best friend Emmet for help. Together they discover that Sunder is much more than just an old TV show, and that Los Angeles is far stranger than they ever imagined. And soon, he’ll realize that not only is Sunderworld real, but it’s in grave danger.
Certain he’s finally been chosen for greatness, Leopold risks everything to claim his destiny, save the world of his childhood dreams, and prove once and for all that he’s not the disappointment his father believes him to be. But when everything goes terribly, horribly, excruciatingly wrong, Leopold’s disappointments prove to be more extraordinary than he ever could have imagined.
How do you battle darkness when no one believes in you—not even yourself?
Welcome to Sunderworld.
The Conference of the Birds (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #5)
Ransom Riggs
A FRAGILE PEACE. AN APOCRYPHAL WARNING. CHAOS WAITING IN THE HEART OF THE STORM.
With his dying words, H—Jacob Portman’s final connection to his grandfather Abe’s secret life— entrusts Jacob with a mission: Deliver newly contacted peculiar Noor Pradesh to an operative known only as V. Noor is being hunted. She is the subject of an ancient prophecy, one that foretells a looming apocalypse. Save Noor—Save the future of all peculiardom.
With only a few bewildering clues to follow, Jacob must figure out how to find V, the most enigmatic, and most powerful, of Abe’s former associates. But V is in hiding and she never, ever, wants to be found.
With enemies behind him and the unknown ahead, Jacob Portman’s story continues as he takes a brave leap forward into The Conference of the Birds.
A Map of Days (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #4)
Ransom Riggs
The #1 bestselling series returns with a thrilling new story arc set in America!
Vintage photographs reveal the never-before-seen world of peculiar America with a stunning addition—full-color images.
Having defeated the monstrous threat that nearly destroyed the peculiar world, Jacob Portman is back where his story began, in Florida. Except now Miss Peregrine, Emma, and their peculiar friends are with him, and doing their best to blend in. But carefree days of beach visits and normalling lessons are soon interrupted by a discovery—a subterranean bunker that belonged to Jacob’s grandfather, Abe.
Clues to Abe’s double-life as a peculiar operative start to emerge, secrets long hidden in plain sight. And Jacob begins to learn about the dangerous legacy he has inherited—truths that were part of him long before he walked into Miss Peregrine’s time loop.
Now, the stakes are higher than ever as Jacob and his friends are thrust into the untamed landscape of American peculiardom—a world with few ymbrynes, or rules—that none of them understand. New wonders, and dangers, await in this brilliant next chapter for Miss Peregrine’s peculiar children. Their story is again illustrated throughout by haunting vintage photographs, but with a striking addition for this all-new, multi-era American adventure—full color.
Tales of the Peculiar
Ransom Riggs
Before Miss Peregrine gave them a home, the story of peculiars was written in the Tales.
Wealthy cannibals who dine on the discarded limbs of peculiars. A fork-tongued princess. The origins of the first ymbryne. These are but a few of the truly brilliant stories in Tales of the Peculiar—known to hide information about the peculiar world—first introduced by Ransom Riggs in his Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series.
Riggs now invites you to share his secrets of peculiar history, with a collection of original stories, as collected and annotated by Millard Nullings, ward of Miss Peregrine and scholar of all things peculiar.
The Desolations of Devil's Acre (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #6)
Ransom Riggs
The fate of peculiardom hangs in the balance in this epic conclusion to the Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series.
The last thing Jacob Portman saw before the world went dark was a terrible, familiar face.
Suddenly, he and Noor are back in the place where everything began - his grandfather's house. Jacob doesn't know how they escaped from V's loop to find themselves in Florida. But he does know one thing for certain: Caul has returned.
After a narrow getaway from a blood-thirsty hollow, Jacob and Noor reunite with Miss Peregrine and the peculiar children in Devil's Acre. The Acre is being plagued by desolations - weather fronts of ash and blood and bone - a terrible portent of Caul's amassing army.
Risen from the Library of Souls and more powerful than ever, Caul and his apocalyptic agenda seem unstoppable. Only one hope remains - deliver Noor to the meeting place of the seven prophesied ones. If they can decipher its secret location.
Miss Peregrine's Museum of Wonders
Ransom Riggs
A deluxe companion guide to the #1 bestselling Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series. Everything you need to know about the peculiar world, written by Miss Peregrine herself.
Gloriously rich and utterly delightful, Miss Peregrine’s Museum of Wonders is an indispensable guide to the peculiar world, perfect for longtime fans and new readers alike. Covering everything from how to blend in with suspicious normals to the most popular time loops to visit as a temporal tourist, this essential volume is ideal for anyone curious about the world of Miss Peregrine: its strange history, curious practices, fascinating places, most famous (and infamous) names, and much more.
Written in Miss Peregrine’s inimitable style, it’s also a dramatic expansion of the universe fans have already come to love, introducing countless new peculiars, enemies, time loops, stories, and secrets, in addition to hundreds of never-before-seen vintage found photographs and select illustrations.
Miss Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs
Ransom Riggs's haunting fantasy bestseller adapted to a graphic novel! As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow-impossible though it seems-they may still be alive.
Hollow City (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, #2)
Ransom Riggs
September 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.
Hollow City draws readers into a richly imagined world of telepathy and time loops, of sideshows and shapeshifters. Like its predecessor, this second novel in the Peculiar Children series blends thrilling fantasy with never-before-published vintage photography to create a one-of-a-kind reading experience.
Library of Souls (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #3)
Ransom Riggs
boy with extraordinary powers.
An army of deadly monsters.
An epic battle for the future of peculiardom.
The adventure that began with "Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children" and continued in "Hollow City" comes to a thrilling conclusion with "Library of Souls."
As the story opens, sixteen-year-old Jacob discovers a powerful new ability, and soon he’s diving through history to rescue his peculiar companions from a heavily guarded fortress. Accompanying Jacob on his journey are Emma Bloom, a girl with fire at her fingertips, and Addison MacHenry, a dog with a nose for sniffing out lost children.
They’ll travel from modern-day London to the labyrinthine alleys of Devil’s Acre, the most wretched slum in all of Victorian England. It’s a place where the fate of peculiar children everywhere will be decided once and for all.
Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Boxed Set (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #1-3)
Ransom Riggs
The New York Times #1 best selling series Includes 3 hardcover novels by Ransom Riggs and 12 collectible peculiar photographs. The movie adaptation of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is in theaters December 2016. Together for the first time, here is the #1 New York Times best seller Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and its two sequels, Hollow City and the (newly released) Library of Souls. All three hardcovers are packaged in a beautifully designed slipcase. Also included: a special collector's envelope of twelve peculiar photographs, highlighting the most memorable moments of this extraordinary three-volume fantasy. MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN: A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in this groundbreaking novel, which mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling new kind of reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob Portman journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. HOLLOW CITY: September 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 adventure 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. LIBRARY OF SOULS: A boy, a girl, and a talking dog. They're all that stands between the sinister wights and the future of peculiar children everywhere. Jacob Portman ventures through history one last time to rescue the peculiar children from a heavily guarded fortress. He's joined by girlfriend and firestarter Emma Bloom, canine companion Addison MacHenry, and some very unexpected allies.
Mrs. Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs
A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children," an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its decaying bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that Miss Peregrine's children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow — impossible though it seems — they may still be alive.
La conferencia de los pájaros (El hogar de Miss Peregrine para niños peculiares, #5)
Ransom Riggs
Las últimas palabras de H, el vínculo final de Jacob con la vida secreta de su abuelo Abe, le confían una misión: llevar a la nueva peculiar Noor Pradesh a un operativo conocido solamente como V.
Noor está siendo perseguida. Es la protagonista de una antigua profecía, una que predice el Apocalipsis. Salvando a Noor, se salva el futuro de todo el mundo peculiar. Pero hay pocas pistas y el tiempo se acaba.
O Orfanato da Srta. Peregrine para Crianças Peculiares
Ransom Riggs
Milhões de cópias vendidas em todo o mundo, traduzido para mais de 40 idiomas, eleito uma das cem obras mais importantes da literatura jovem de todos os tempos
Tudo está à espera para ser descoberto em 'O orfanato da Srta. Peregrine para Crianças Peculiares', um romance que mistura ficção e fotografia. A história começa com uma tragédia familiar que lança Jacob, um rapaz de 16 anos, em uma jornada até uma ilha remota na costa do País de Gales, onde descobre as ruínas do Orfanato da Srta. Peregrine para Crianças Peculiares. Enquanto Jacob explora os quartos e corredores abandonados, fica claro que as crianças do orfanato são muito mais do que simplesmente peculiares. Elas podem ter sido perigosas e confinadas na ilha deserta por um bom motivo. E, de algum modo – por mais impossível que possa parecer – ainda podem estar vivas.
“Mesmo sem as fotos, esta seria uma história emocionante, mas as imagens dão um irresistível toque de mistério. A narração em primeira pessoa é autêntica, engraçada e comovente. Estou ansioso para o próximo volume da série!”
Rick Riordan, autor da série Percy Jackson e Os Olimpianos
“Um romance tenso, comovente e maravilhosamente estranho. As fotos e o texto funcionam brilhantemente juntos para criar uma história inesquecível.”
John Green, autor de A culpa é das estrelas
“Vocês têm certeza de que não fui eu quem escreveu esse livro? Parece algo que eu teria feito...”
Tim Burton
Ransom Riggs cresceu na Flórida, mas agora reside em Los Angeles, a terra das crianças peculiares. Formou-se na Escola de Cinema e TV da Universidade do Sul da Califórnia. Realizou alguns curtas-metragens premiados e nas horas vagas é blogueiro e repórter especializado em viagens.
Sua série de ensaios de viagem, Strange Geographies, pode ser lida em http://mentalfloss.com/ ou http://ransomriggs.com/.
El hogar de Miss Peregrine para niños peculiares
Ransom Riggs
Ever since he was a child, Jacob formed a strong bond with his grandfather, who told him extraordinary stories about girls who could levitate and invisible boys. Soon after, his beloved grandfather dies, Jacob, now 16, receives a mysterious letter that leads him on trip to a remote part of Wales where his grandfather grew up. He will try and find out if the stories he grew up hearing are true or not.
La biblioteca de las almas (El hogar de Miss Peregrine para niños peculiares, #3)
Ransom Riggs
En su lucha por salvar a Miss Peregrine, Jacob y sus compañeros se ven envueltos en una batalla mucho mayor. Tras escapar del escondite asediado de Miss Wren, Jacob desarrolla nuevos y asombrosos poderes y, con la ayuda de Emma y Addison, traza un plan para recuperar a las ymbrines y sus protegidos de las crueles garras de Caul. Para ello, deberán viajar por la Inglaterra victoriana y conocer a nuevos individuos fascinantes que les ayudarán de modos completamente imprevisibles. El destino de los peculiares está en juego, y sólo disponen de esta oportunidad para salvarse para siempre.
La ciudad desolada (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, #2)
Ransom Riggs
Continúa el viaje extraordinario con la huida de Jacob Portman y sus insólitos amigos en busca de una cura para su querida maestra, Miss Peregrine. Perseguidos por sus enemigos, al llegar a Londres encuentran una ciudad destrozada por las bombas en las que el peligro acecha en cada esquina. A pesar de su valentía y fortaleza, deberán enfrentarse a retos que desafiarán sus asombrosas habilidades. ¿Cómo sobrepasar todos los obstáculos de un mundo en el que humanos y peculiares libran guerras paralelas?
Miss Peregrine y los niños peculiares
Ransom Riggs
De niño, Jacob formó un vínculo especial con su abuelo, quien le contaba extrañas historias y le enseñaba fotografías de niñas levitando y de niños invisibles. Ahora, con dieciséis años, Jacob sufre la inesperada muerte del anciano. Entonces, en manos del joven cae una misteriosa carta que lo empuja a emprender un viaje hacia una remota isla de Gales, donde su abuelo se crio, para descubrir si todas esas historias que había oído de niño... son reales. Miss Peregrine y los niños peculiares es una enigmática historia sobre niños extraordinarios y monstruos oscuros; una fantasía escalofriante ilustrada con inquietantes fotografías de época que deleitará tanto a jóvenes como a adultos. Una lectura sorprendente, inquietante e inolvidable.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Graphic Novels, #1)
Ransom Riggs
When Jacob Portman was a boy, his grandfather regaled him with stories of his fantastic life at Miss Peregrine's home during the Second World War, even sharing photos of the remarkable children with whom he resided. As Jacob grew up, though, he decided that these photos were obvious fakes, simple forgeries designed to stir his youthful imagination. Or were they...?
Following his grandfather's death - a scene Jacob literally couldn't believe with his own eyes - the sixteen-year-old boy embarks on a mission to disentangle fact from fiction in his grandfather's tall tales. But even his grandfather's elaborate yarns couldn't prepare Jacob for the eccentricities he will discover at Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children!
Miss Peregrine's Journal for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs
Record your thoughts or create your own peculiar stories in this beautifully designed journal, filled with vintage black-and-white photos and quotes from all three novels in the Peculiar Children series.
Life is full of surprises. Things are rarely what they seem. We all have secret hidden talents. These are some of the lessons that Miss Peregrine’s students learn, sometimes the hard way. You may not have an ymbryne as your guide, but now you can map your days, record your most peculiar thoughts, and bare your second soul in this beautifully designed journal that’s right out of the world of the peculiars. Features vintage black-and-white photos and quotes from all three books in the best-selling Peculiar Children series. It’s the perfect companion whether you’re traveling peculiardom or caught in a loop.
De bijzondere kinderen van mevrouw Peregrine (De bijzondere kinderen van mevrouw Peregrine, #1)
Ransom Riggs
Een mysterieus eiland. Een verlaten weeshuis. Een vreemde verzameling bizarre foto's. Als kind had Jacob een speciale band met zijn grootvader, die hem bizarre verhalen vertelde over zijn jeugd en die een collectie vreemde foto's van bijzondere kinderen bezat. Na het tragische verlies van zijn grootvader reist de zestienjarige Jacob naar een afgelegen eiland in Wales, waar hij de ruïnes ontdekt van een verlaten tehuis voor kinderen. Wanneer Jacob de verlaten kamers van het tehuis verkent, blijkt dat de kinderen van het tehuis meer dan alleen bijzonder waren. Misschien waren ze wel gevaarlijk. Misschien was er een goede reden om hen geïsoleerd op het eiland te laten wonen. En misschien zijn ze nog steeds in leven ...
De verwoestingen van Devil's Acre (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #6)
Ransom Riggs
Jacob en Noor zijn terug waar hun avontuur begon: het huis van opa Portman. Vandaar moeten ze op zoek naar mevrouw Peregrine en de andere bijzondere kinderen. En snel, want Cauls dreiging groeit. Herrezen uit de Bibliotheek der Zielen zijn hij en zijn leger sterker dan ooit. Jacob en zijn vrienden komen oog in oog te staan met de dodelijkste vijanden en de gevaarlijkste lussen uit de geschiedenis, in de finale strijd tegen het kwaad.
Het spectaculaire slot van de fenomenale reeks. Een waanzinnig en bijzonder avontuur voor young adults.
De samenspraak van de vogels (De bijzondere kinderen van mevrouw Peregrine, #5)
Ransom Riggs
“Do you trust me?”
An instant bestseller, A Map of Days launched readers into the previously unexplored world of American peculiars, one bursting with new questions, new allies, and new adversaries.
Now, with enemies behind him and the unknown ahead, Jacob Portman’s story continues as he takes a brave leap forward into The Conference of the Birds, the next installment of the beloved, bestselling Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series.Het einde der tijden lijkt nabij. Als Jacob Portman een eeuwenoude profetie mag geloven, spannen duistere krachten opnieuw samen om de bijzondere wereld te vernietigen. Hun macht lijkt steeds groter te worden, maar misschien is het nog niet te laat. Samen met zijn vrienden en mevrouw Peregrine zet Jacob alles op alles om Noor Pradesh uit de klauwen van het kwaad te houden. Het meisje heeft nog maar net kennisgemaakt met de bijzondere wereld, maar ze lijkt cruciaal voor de redding ervan …
De kaart der dagen (De bijzondere kinderen van mevrouw Peregrine, #4)
Ransom Riggs
Een nieuw boek van Ransom Riggs, in de successerie over de bijzondere kinderen. Een zenuwslopende young adult.
* Eerste deel in een nieuwe trilogie.
* Voor het eerst met kleurenfoto's.
* Met bekende (én nieuwe) bijzondere kinderen.
* Ook te lezen voor wie de eerste trilogie niet kent.
* Duik in de geschiedenis van Jacob en zijn grootvader.
de bijzondere wereld en de gewone wereld lijken eindelijk te versmelten. Jacobs Portman is terug in zijn eigen Florida, maar ditmaal samen met zijn vrienden en mevrouw Peregrine. De jongen die zich altijd een outsider heeft gevoeld, moet er nu voor zorgen dat de bijzondere kinderen onopvallend opgaan in het normale bestaan.
Maar dan ontdekt het stel dat Jacobs overleden grootvader Abe een geheim had. Een verborgen bunker, maar vooral een verborgen verleden. Jacobs en de kinderen zien geen andere optie dan opnieuw in het avontuur te springen. Ook als ze daarvoor dwars door Amerika moeten reizen. En ook als dat volstrekt tegen de zin van mevrouw Peregrine is.
Bibliotheek der Zielen (De bijzondere kinderen van mevrouw Peregrine, #3)
Ransom Riggs
Jacob Portman ontdekt een krachtige nieuwe gave. Maar nog voor hij die echt onder controle heeft, moet hij al op een reddingsmissie vertrekken. Samen met Emma Bloom, het meisje dat vuur kan maken met haar handen, en de pratende hond Addison probeert hij zijn bijzondere vrienden te redden uit een zwaarbewaakt fort.
Het drietal reist van hedendaags Londen naar Devil’s Acre, de ellendigste achterbuurt die Engeland ooit heeft gehad. En uitgerekend op deze afgrijselijke plek wordt de laatste strijd geleverd. De strijd die het lot bepaalt van de bijzondere kinderen én hun geliefde schoolhoofd mevrouw Peregrine.
Mis Peregrīnes nams brīnumbērniem
Ransom Riggs
MISTISKA SALA
PAMESTA BĀREŅU PATVERSME
ĻOTI DĪVAINU FOTOGRĀFIJU KOLEKCIJA
Kā to visu sasaista kopā neparastais Rensoma Rigsa romāns Mis Peregrīnes nams brīnumbērniem?
Baisa ģimenes traģēdija liek sešpadsmitgadīgajam Džeikobam doties uz salu, kas atrodas tālu no Velsas krastiem, un atgriezties senā pagātnē – Džeikoba tikko mirušā vectēva bērnībā. Tur zēns atrod kādreizējā mis Peregrīnes bērnunama drupas. Pārmeklēdams pamestās guļamistabas un gaiteņus, Džeikobs saprot, ka mis Peregrīnes bērni bijuši ne tikai ar visai īpatnām spējām, bet varbūt pat bīstami. Turklāt, lai cik neiespējami tas šķistu, viņi vēl joprojām ir dzīvi...
Šī šermuļus uzdzenošā fantāzija, kas papildināta ar rēgainām senām fotogrāfijām, saistīs gan pieaugušos, gan pusaudžus – jebkuru lasītāju, kas aizraujas ar mīklainiem piedzīvojumiem.
No angļu valodas tulkojusi Vanda Tomaševiča.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Sampler
Ransom Riggs
A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow-impossible though it seems-they may still be alive. A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.
Miss Peregrine. La casa dei ragazzi speciali
Ransom Riggs
Quali mostri popolano gli incubi del nonno di Jacob, unico sopravvissuto allo sterminio della sua famiglia di ebrei polacchi? Sono la trasfigurazione della ferocia nazista? Oppure sono qualcosa d'altro, e di tuttora presente, in grado di colpire ancora? Quando la tragedia si abbatte sulla sua famiglia, Jacob decide di attraversare l'oceano per scoprire il segreto racchiuso tra le mura della casa in cui, decenni prima, avevano trovato rifugio il nonno Abraham e altri piccoli orfani scampati all'orrore della Seconda guerra mondiale. Soltanto in quelle stanze abbandonate e in rovina, rovistando nei bauli pieni di polvere e dei detriti di vite lontane, Jacob potrà stabilire se i ricordi del nonno, traboccanti di avventure, di magia e di mistero, erano solo invenzioni buone a turbare i suoi sogni notturni. O se, invece, contenevano almeno un granello di verità, come sembra testimoniare la strana collezione di fotografie d'epoca che Abraham custodiva gelosamente. Possibile che i bambini e i ragazzi ritratti in quelle fotografie ingiallite, bizzarre e non di rado inquietanti, fossero davvero, come il nonno sosteneva, speciali, dotati di poteri straordinari, forse pericolosi? Su "Miss Peregrine. La casa dei ragazzi speciali", è basato l'omonimo film, prodotto dalla Twentieth Century Fox, scritto e diretto da Tim Burton.
Die Insel der besonderen Kinder (Miss Peregrine, #1)
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Manche Großeltern lesen ihren Enkeln Märchen vor. Was Jacob von seinem Opa hörte, war etwas ganz anderes: Abraham erzählte ihm von einer Insel, auf der abenteuerlustige Kinder mit besonderen Fähigkeiten leben, und von Monstern, die auf der Suche nach ihnen sind … Erst Jahre später, als sein Großvater unter mysteriösen Umständen stirbt, erinnert Jacob sich wieder an die Schauergeschichten und entdeckt Hinweise darauf, dass es die Insel wirklich gibt. Er macht sich auf die Suche nach ihr und findet sich in einer Welt wieder, in der die Zeit stillsteht und er die ungewöhnlichsten Freundschaften schließt, die man sich vorstellen kann. Doch auch die Ungeheuer sind höchst real – und sie sind ihm gefolgt …
Cidade dos Etéreos (O Orfanato da Srta. Peregrine para Crianças Peculiares #2)
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Cidade dos etéreos dá sequência ao celebrado O orfanato da srta. Peregrine para crianças peculiares, em que o jovem Jacob Portman, para descobrir a verdade sobre a morte do avô, segue pistas que o levam a um antigo lar para crianças em uma ilha galesa. O orfanato abriga crianças com dons sobrenaturais, protegidas graças à poderosa magia da diretora, a srta. Peregrine.Neste segundo livro, o grupo de peculiares precisa deter um exército de monstros terríveis, e a srta. Peregrine, única pessoa que pode ajudá-los, está presa no corpo de uma ave. Jacob e seus novos amigos partem rumo a Londres, cidade onde os peculiares se concentram. Eles têm a esperança de, lá, encontrar uma cura para a amada srta. Peregrine, mas, na cidade devastada pela guerra, surpresas ameaçadoras estão à espreita em cada esquina. E, além de levar as crianças a um lugar seguro, Jacob terá que tomar uma decisão importante quanto a seu amor por Emma, uma das peculiares.Telecinesia e viagens no tempo, ciganos e atrações de circo, malignos seres invisíveis e um desfile de animais inusitados, além de uma inédita coleção de fotografias de época — tudo isso se combina para fazer de Cidade dos etéreos uma história de fantasia comovente, uma experiência de leitura única e impactante.“Tenso, emocionante e maravilhosamente estranho (…) uma história inesquecível.”John Green, autor de A culpa é das estrelas, sobre O orfanato da srta. Peregrine para crianças peculiares
O Orfanato da Srta. Peregrine para Crianças Peculiares (Miss Peregrine, #1)
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Tudo está à espera para ser descoberto em 'O orfanato da Srta. Peregrine para Crianças Peculiares', um romance que tenta misturar ficção e fotografia. A história começa com uma tragédia familiar que lança Jacob, um rapaz de 16 anos, em uma jornada até uma ilha remota na costa do País de Gales, onde descobre as ruínas do Orfanato da Srta. Peregrine para Crianças Peculiares. Enquanto Jacob explora os quartos e corredores abandonados, fica claro que as crianças do orfanato são muito mais do que simplesmente peculiares. Elas podem ter sido perigosas e confinadas na ilha deserta por um bom motivo. E, de algum modo - por mais impossível que possa parecer - ainda podem estar vivas.
Cuentos extraños para niños peculiares (Spanish Edition)
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Antes de que Miss Peregrine les diera un hogar, la historia de los Peculiares se escribía en los Cuentos.
Los cuentos tradicionales siempre contienen una verdad. Y esta colección de cuentos extraños y maravillosos esconde algunas verdades del mundo peculiar. Sus historias son habitadas por princesas de lengua bífida, caníbales amables, damas amigas de fantasmas... Sus páginas esconden información vital para los niños peculiares e incluso pistas para localizar bucles temporales.
¿Te atreverás a leer estos Cuentos extraños para niños peculiares? Millones de lectores de todo el mundo han quedado prendados del universo peculiar: un mundo de fantasía fascinante y envolvente que te atrapará y no te dejará escapar...
El mapa de los días
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Tras haber vencido a la amenaza monstruosa que casi destruyó el mundo peculiar, Jacob Portman está de vuelta donde comenzó su historia, en Florida.
Aunque, ahora, miss Peregrine, Emma y sus amigos peculiares están con él, tratando de pasar desapercibidos. Pero los días en la playa de pronto se ven interrumpidos por un descubrimiento: un búnker subterráneo que pertenecía al abuelo Abe.
Secretos ocultos durante mucho tiempo comienzan a emerger, y Jacob tendrá que aprender sobre el peligroso legado que formaba parte de él mucho antes de que descubriera el hogar de miss Peregrine.
El hogar de Miss Peregrine para niños peculiares (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, #1)
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El hogar de Miss Peregrine para niños peculiares es una enigmática historia sobre niños extraordinarios y monstruos oscuros; una fantasía escalofriante ilustrada con inquietantes fotografías vintage que deleitará a jóvenes y adultos.
De niño, Jacob creó un vinculo muy especial con su abuelo, que le contaba extrañas historias y le enseñaba fotografías de niñas levitando y niños invisibles. Ahora, siguiendo la pista de una misteriosa carta, emprende un viaje hacia la isla remota de Gales en la que su abuelo se crió. Allí, encuentra vivos a los niños y niñas de las fotografías aunque los lugareños afirmen que murieron hace muchos años.
El hogar de Miss Peregrine para niños peculiares (El hogar de Miss Peregrine para niños peculiares, #1)
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Una isla Misteriosa - Un orfanato abandonado - Una extraña colección de fotografías muy peculiares
De niño, Jacob formó un vínculo especial con su abuelo, quien le contaba extrañas historias y le enseñaba fotografías de niñas levitando y de niños invisibles. Ahora, con dieciséis años, Jacob sufre la inesperada muerte del anciano. Entonces, en manos del joven cae una misteriosa carta que lo empuja a emprender un viaje hacia una isla remota de Gales, donde su abuelo se crio, para descubrir si todas esas historias que había oído de niño… son reales.
El hogar de Miss Peregrine para niños peculiares es una enigmática historia sobre niños extraordinarios y monstruos oscuros; una fantasía escalofriante ilustrada con inquietantes fotografías de época que deleitará tanto a jóvenes como a adultos. Una lectura sorprendente, inquietante e inolvidable.
The Sherlock Holmes Handbook: The Methods and Mysteries of the World's Greatest Detective
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Full of fascinating how-to skills and evocative illustrations, this must-have guide will appeal to Baker Street Irregulars of all ages.
This reader’s companion to the casework of Sherlock Holmes explores the methodology of the world’s most famous consulting detective. From analyzing fingerprints and decoding ciphers to creating disguises and faking one’s own death, readers will learn how Holmes solved his most celebrated cases—plus an arsenal of modern techniques available to today’s armchair sleuths. Along the way, readers will discover a host of trivia about the master detective and his Why did Holmes never marry? How was the real Scotland Yard organized? Was cocaine really legal back then? And why were the British so terrified of Australia? For die-hardSherlockians and amateur investigators alike, this handbook is nothing less than . . . elementary.
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