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Pub Date 2014-01-14 Pages 400 Language English Publisher Quirk Books Miss Peregrine rsquo s Home for Peculiar Children was the surprise best seller of 2011 mdash an unprecedented mix of YA fantasy and vintage photography that enthralled readers and critics alike. Publishers Weekly called it ldquo an enjoyable. eccentric read. distinguished by well-developed characters. a believable Welsh setting. and some very creepy monsters rdquo. This second novel begins in 1940. immediately after the first book ended Having escaped Miss Peregrine rsquo. s island by the skin of their teeth. Jacob and his new friends must journey to London. the peculiar capital of the world Along the way. they encounter new allies. a menagerie of peculiar animals. and other unexpected surprises.
About the Author
I grew up in Florida, went to Kenyon College in Ohio, then film school at USC in LA, where I still live. I write books and screenplays, blog daily for mentalfloss. com, and make short films. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is my first novel. I'm really excited about it -- it was challenging and rewarding and I hope people like it. If you read that and like the found photographs in it, you might be interested in a book comprised entirely of found photographs that I have coming out January 2012 from HarperCollins. It's called Talking Pictures. You can find sneak peeks by doing a search for "mental floss talking pictures" (I included a number of images in blogs there) and I made a kinda-sorta book trailer for it, which is on my youtube page: Also, watch out for a Miss Peregrine book trailer, which I'm working on right now! I get to go to Belgium and film inside creepy abandoned chateaus, which I'm *really* looking forward to.
