The Resource Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children, by Ransom Riggs
Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children, by Ransom Riggs
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The item Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children, by Ransom Riggs represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Union County Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children, by Ransom Riggs represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Union County Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- "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 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"--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 352 pages
- Note
- Series information obtained from NoveList
- Isbn
- 9781594746062
- Label
- Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children
- Title
- Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children
- Statement of responsibility
- by Ransom Riggs
- Title variation
- Miss Peregrines home for peculiar children
- Subject
-
- trueWales
- Orphanages -- Fiction
- trueSixteen-year-old boys
- trueSupernatural
- trueTeenage boys
- trueTime travel (Past)
- Young adult fiction
- trueAbandoned property
- trueBooks to movies
- trueFantasy fiction
- Ghost stories
- trueGrandfathers -- Death
- Horror fiction
- trueIllustrated books
- Islands -- Fiction
- trueIslands -- Wales
- trueOrphanages
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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 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"--Jacket
- Summary
- After a family tragedy, Jacob feels compelled to explore an abandoned orphanage on an island off the coast of Wales, discovering disturbing facts about the children who were kept there
- Award
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- Books I Love Best Yearly (BILBY), Older Reader, 2017.
- Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards, Young Adult, 2014.
- YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2012
- Awards note
- Eliot Rosewater Nominee, 2013-2014.
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- 10010717
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Riggs, Ransom
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 890
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 890
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
-
- 8
- 12
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Miss Peregrine series
- Series volume
- 1]
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Orphanages
- Islands
- Target audience
- adolescent
- Label
- Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children, by Ransom Riggs
- Note
- Series information obtained from NoveList
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 19076952
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 352 pages
- Isbn
- 9781594746062
- Lccn
- 2010942876
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn664668604
- (OCoLC)664668604
- Label
- Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children, by Ransom Riggs
- Note
- Series information obtained from NoveList
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 19076952
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 352 pages
- Isbn
- 9781594746062
- Lccn
- 2010942876
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn664668604
- (OCoLC)664668604
Subject
- trueWales
- Orphanages -- Fiction
- trueSixteen-year-old boys
- trueSupernatural
- trueTeenage boys
- trueTime travel (Past)
- Young adult fiction
- trueAbandoned property
- trueBooks to movies
- trueFantasy fiction
- Ghost stories
- trueGrandfathers -- Death
- Horror fiction
- trueIllustrated books
- Islands -- Fiction
- trueIslands -- Wales
- trueOrphanages
Genre
- trueIllustrated books
- Young adult fiction
- trueFantasy fiction
- Fiction
- trueGhost stories
- Horror fiction
- trueBooks to movies
Member of
Included in
- trueYALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults: 2012
- truePennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards: Young Adult
- trueIf You Like . . . Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
- trueBILBY - Books I Love Best Yearly (Australia) : Older Reader
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Illustration Both picture books and graphic novels have a unique set of qualities important to their readers, from color and drawing sty;e to the mood evoked by the illustrations.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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