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MISS PEREGRINE / RANSOM RIGGS reading information

Not a book for Kindle, Ransom Riggs books include strange photos that are part of the fun. The MISS PEREGRINE books are well written and deliciously mysterious and spooky.  Middle-grade and up.  Mild profanity, sexual references, and violence.


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(Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, #1) 
by Ransom Riggs

ALA Teens' Top Ten Nominee (2012)
3.77 avg rating — 223,171 ratings

Jacob grew up with stories his grandfather told about an orphanage which housed peculiar children with amazing abilities. As he grew older Jacob assumed these were just great stories. But when his grandfather is murdered, Jacob receives a cryptic message that sends him on a journey to find that orphanage.

What he finds on the Welsh island is amazing. The house is decrepit but the children are just as described. No older than when his grandfather knew them.

As Jacob begins to unravel more about his grandfather’s childhood, he becomes aware of a monster that is hunting him.

Word Count: 84,898
Page Count: 352
Accelerated Reading level: 5.7 / points: 13.0
AR quiz: 145802
Lexile: 890L
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--audio version available

sample page from MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN  (Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, #1)   by Ransom Riggs


bookcover of HOLLOW CITY (Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, # 2)  by Ransom Riggs
HOLLOW CITY
(Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, # 2)
by Ransom Riggs

4.04 avg rating — 18,826 ratings

At the end of book #1, the children's island home was destroyed, and Miss Peregrine was left in her bird state.  In this book, Jacob and the others flee to London (remember this is during the war) and they seek help for Ms. Peregrine.

Word Count: 95,667
Page Count: 400
Accelerated Reader: 5.7 / points: 15.0
AR quiz: 163783
Lexile: 850L
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--audio version available


bookcover of MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN : The Graphic Novel  by Ransom Riggs
MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN : The Graphic Novel
(Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children)
by Ransom Riggs
illustrated by Cassandra Jean

4.11 avg rating — 1,320 ratings 

See the description for the first book. 
Profanity and violence.

sample page #1 from MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN : The Graphic Novel
sample page #1 from MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN : The Graphic Novel

Word Count: 10,135
Page Count:272
Accelerated Reading level: 3.4 / points: 1.0
AR quiz: 162295


compiled by Pam
updated July 2014