Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Reviewed by Rafael V.
Grade 6

What if the crazy unrealistic stories your grandpa used to tell you turn out
to be true? What if you were not like the rest of human civilization?

Jacob Portman was a normal boy, except for the fact that he was peculiar. He
was scared when he saw his grandpa be killed by a monster only he could see.
His grandpa's last words were to find the bird in the loop on the other side
of old man's grave, September 3, 1940. What could this possibly mean? Was it
a man that could tell him his grandpa's story, or a place, revealing all his
secrets? He finally made up his mind and he visited the island that his
grandpa told him about. When he finally got to the orphanage, it was
deserted, like no one had lived there for over one hundred years. As three
weeks go by he starts to discover secrets about the orphanage and the kids
who lived there. With these clues Jacob discovers his grandpa's secrets and
how the orphans who lived there might have been dangerous.

The plot of this story is interesting because it is about discovering who you
are. In the book Jacob, the protagonist, discovers the secrets his grandpa
kept and why he is peculiar. Also it is interesting because of the
characters it holds. There is Emma, who can make fire with her hands,
Millard, who is invisible, or Enoch, who can bring the dead back to life for
short periods of time. These characters are unique and have special abilities
humans will never be able to wield.

I would recommend this book due to one reason--Miss Peregrine's Home for
Peculiar Children shows that even if you are a social outcast, or if people
call you weird, there will be a place in the world for you.