![]() ![]() Each new individual manifests his or her power in a unique fashion. Suddenly, a number of ordinary humans develop super powers. 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.ġ30734 books suggested | I don't feel so good.A giant red star called Calamity rises in the sky. ![]() And somehow-impossible though it seems-they may still be alive. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. 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. 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. A strange collection of very curious photographs. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)īy: Ransom Riggs | 352 pages | Published: 2011 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, fiction, ya, books-i-ownĪlternate Cover edition for ISBN 9781594744761Ī mysterious island. But the trail of a murderer is leading them all to perilous and unexpected places, where secrets of past betrayals and treacherous tribal politics are buried, and where the pursuit of a stolen Power has turned some men greedy and hungry.and deadly.ġ30476 books suggested | I don't feel so good. Despite the healthy skepticism of his good friend Moon, Parris is inclined to heed the shaman's dire warnings. But a brutal, unprovoked assault by the suspected killer on one of Parris's detectives - and the dark, unsettling visions of Charlie's shaman aunt, Daisy Perika - are pulling two dedicated lawmen and an aging Native American mystic into the hunt.ĭaisy's dreams of raining blood tell her that more will die. Doss | 352 pages | Published: 1997 | Popular Shelves: mystery, native-american, mysteries, series, westernĪ woman of the Tohono O'otam tribe has been savagely - and ritually - murdered in Wyoming, outside the jurisdictions of Granite Creek, Colorado, Police Chief Scott Parris and Ute tribal policeman Charlie Moon. ![]() Will Sunny be able to overcome the killer with powers stronger than her own, or will the future she saw in the flames become reality?ġ30358 books suggested | I don't feel so good. Their mission is to track down Black Hat Otokoto, the man responsible for kidnapping and maiming children. Together, Sunny, Orlu, Chichi and Sasha form the youngest ever Oha Coven. But once she befriends Orlu and Chichi, Sunny is plunged in to the world of the Leopard People, where your worst defect becomes your greatest asset. All Sunny wants to do is be able to play football and get through another day of school without being bullied. She is albino and thus, incredibly sensitive to the sun. Born in New York, but living in Aba, Nigeria, twelve-year old Sunny is understandably a little lost. By: Nnedi Okorafor | 349 pages | Published: 2011 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, ya, fiction, middle-gradeĪkata Witch transports the reader to a magical place where nothing is quite as it seems. ![]()
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