The Resource Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children, Ransom Riggs
Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children, Ransom Riggs
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The item Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children, Ransom Riggs represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children, Ransom Riggs represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- A horrific family tragedy sends sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of an old orphanage that was home to children who were more than just peculiar, but possibly dangerous--and who may still be alive. Illustrated with vintage found photographs
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 483 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9781410450234
- Label
- Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children
- Title
- Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children
- Statement of responsibility
- Ransom Riggs
- Title variation
- Miss Peregrines home for peculiar children
- Subject
-
- trueTime travel (Past)
- Orphanages -- Fiction
- trueSixteen-year-old boys
- trueSupernatural
- Supernatural -- Fiction
- trueTeenage boys
- trueWales
- Wales -- Fiction
- trueAbandoned property
- trueBooks to movies
- Fantasy fiction
- trueFantasy fiction
- trueGrandfathers -- Death
- Grandfathers -- Fiction
- trueIllustrated books
- trueIslands -- Wales
- Large type books
- trueOrphanages
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A horrific family tragedy sends sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of an old orphanage that was home to children who were more than just peculiar, but possibly dangerous--and who may still be alive. Illustrated with vintage found photographs
- Summary
- After a family tragedy, Jacob feels compelled to explore an abandoned orphanage on an island off the coast of Wales, discovering disturbing facts about the children who were kept there
- Award
-
- Books I Love Best Yearly (BILBY), Older Reader, 2017.
- Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards, Young Adult, 2014.
- YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2012
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10010717
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Riggs, Ransom
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PZ7.R4423
- LC item number
- Mi 2012
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 890
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
-
- 8
- 12
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Thorndike Press Large Print The Literacy Bridge
- Series volume
- 0001
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Large type books
- Supernatural
- Grandfathers
- Orphanages
- Wales
- Target audience
- adolescent
- Label
- Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children, Ransom Riggs
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 19763944
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 483 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410450234
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2012012884
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children, Ransom Riggs
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 19763944
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 483 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410450234
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2012012884
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- trueTime travel (Past)
- Orphanages -- Fiction
- trueSixteen-year-old boys
- trueSupernatural
- Supernatural -- Fiction
- trueTeenage boys
- trueWales
- Wales -- Fiction
- trueAbandoned property
- trueBooks to movies
- Fantasy fiction
- trueFantasy fiction
- trueGrandfathers -- Death
- Grandfathers -- Fiction
- trueIllustrated books
- trueIslands -- Wales
- Large type books
- trueOrphanages
Genre
Member of
Included in
- trueYALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults: 2012
- truePennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards: Young Adult
- trueIf You Like . . . Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
- trueBILBY - Books I Love Best Yearly (Australia) : Older Reader
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Illustration Both picture books and graphic novels have a unique set of qualities important to their readers, from color and drawing sty;e to the mood evoked by the illustrations.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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