An Odd, Yet Readable, Book

I recently finished reading a rather unusual and slightly odd book.  The title is Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.  It's a novel by Ransom Riggs.

It starts out with a family tragedy which severely affects 16-year-old Jacob.  He ends up journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales.  There he discovers the ruins of the aforementioned. home.  He begins to learn more about the home and 'peculiar' children. 

One interesting part of the book concerns the photos used as illustrations.  According to the chart at the end of the book, the photos were not created for the book.  Instead they are odd and weird and unusual photos that have been found at flea markets and antiques malls and yard sales.

I'm not sure if the author found out about the photos and created the story to fit the photos or if he started creating the story and found about the photos and used them as additional themes.  In any case, it's a very effective device.

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