04 May 2011

waiting on wednesday: three

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
Title: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Author: Ransom Riggs
Release Date: 7 June 2011
Summary (courtesy of goodreads.com):
A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And 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 who once lived here—one of whom was his own grandfather—were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a desolate island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive.
Seriously?  It's like Ghost Hunters and Psychic Kids and Wales and an awesome cover all rolled into a book with a kickass name.  What's not to want?

2 comments:

  1. Sounds scary, like something that would give me nightmares. Abandoned place where they locked away dangerous children, yep yep, def. on the scary side! And some of them still being alive, zombies zombies! I mean...I don't know but yeah...ghosts or zombies to me! xD Scary books...scary me!

    Here is my WoW, http://miss-check-out.blogspot.com/2011/05/waiting-on-wednesday-3.html

    Have a nice day!

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  2. I love your blog already. I want to read all the readings most high schoolers read. I went to a high school in the south and we didn't read much. I am so putting this book on my TBR pile. fiction and photography? Sounds cool!

    Angie

    XOXO Angela's Anxious Life

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