Academic Critique Book Review Introduction Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, a book which has been on the New York Times bestseller list for more than 2 years was written by Ransom Riggs. Riggs’ life as an author started when he was still a child. His fun and exciting early life ended when his mother moved him far away from his homeland Maryland, to Florida. This is when Riggs started writing his own stories out of boredom because internet did not exist and TVs only had 12 channels back then. The first chapters of the book is set in Florida as a boring place, which shows a connection between the book and Riggs’ childhood. As a child, he was also interested in photography. One night, he got a camera for his Christmas present, which …show more content…
Together with Anna, a peculiar who can create fire from her hands, he searches for clues to discover what had actually killed his grandfather, Abraham Portman. He does this because what he saw on the scene of the crime looked nothing like a dog, but a monstrous looking creature with eyes that swam in dark liquid. Using Abraham’s last word as a clue, he reaches an island where he finds Miss Peregrine, a ymbrine who runs the time loop and many peculiar children who has unique, extraordinary powers. There, he finds out Jacob himself is a peculiar, and has the power to see hollowgasts, creatures that were made by a failed science experiment. He also finds out that his mental doctor Dr.Golan was an evolved form of a hollowgast, also known as a wight. Jacob succeeds in revealing the truth of his grandfather’s accident. However, accompanied by his peculiar friends, Jacob is to face another problem which is to be told in the next book of this series. This book is first set in Florida where he is born and raised. Then as soon as the story starts, he ships off for Cairnholm island in wales where he finds Miss Peregrine and the peculiar