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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is a gothic fantasy novel by Ransom Riggs that blends prose with haunting vintage photography. The story follows 16-year-old Jacob Portman, who travels to a remote Welsh island to investigate the mysterious past of his grandfather, Abe, following Abe's gruesome death. The Peculiar World
Created and maintained by Ymbrynes (female peculiars who can transform into birds and manipulate time), these loops are fixed segments of time that repeat indefinitely. Miss Peregrine's home is set in a loop of September 3, 1940 , on Cairnholm Island, Wales. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Can see and track "hollowgasts," a power he shares with his grandfather.
Monstrous creatures created by a failed immortality experiment. They are invisible to most and hunt peculiars to consume them. The Peculiar World Created and maintained by Ymbrynes
Can temporarily animate dead objects or bodies using hearts. The Enemies
The term for peculiar individuals. Notable residents of the home include: several authoritative guides exist:
Hollows that have eaten enough peculiars to regain human form (except for having pupil-less eyes). They act as spies and hunters to lure more peculiars to the hollows. Reading & Media Resources For a deeper dive, several authoritative guides exist: