SinceitspublicationinJune2011,thisoffbeatblendofsupernaturalfantasyandvintagephotographyhasdominatedtheYAbest-sellerlists-andwithaTimBurtonadaptationarrivingin2016,MissPeregrine’sHomeforPecularChildrenshowsnosignsofslowingdown.Asourstoryopens,ahorrificfamilytragedysetssixteen-year-oldJacobjourneyingtoaremoteislandoffthecoastofWales,wherehediscoversthecrumblingruinsofalong-abandonedhouse-yetstillfamilarhouse.AsJacobexploresitsabandonedbedroomsandhallways,itbecomesclearthatthechildrenweremorethanjustpeculiar.Theymayhavebeendangerous.Theymayhavebeenquarantinedonadesolateislandforagoodreason.Andsomehow-impossiblethoughitseems-theymaystillbealive.
