The sequel to the New York Times bestseller Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.
Ransom Riggs is the author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Quirk, 2011), a New York Times best seller, as well as its best-selling sequels Hollow City (Quirk, 2013) and Library of Souls (Quirk, 2015). He lives in Santa Monica, CA, with his wife.
“I was blown away...Hollow
City is fantastic.”—USAToday.com
“A worthy follow-up, and as addictive a read as the
first.”—Hypable
“Hollow City mixes spooky vintage photos and action-packed
storytelling to continue the story of Jacob Portman and his fellow
“peculiars” as they travel through time to war-torn London.”—Dan
Kois, Slate
“A perfect blend of creepiness and thoughtfulness.”—PopMatters
“A stunning achievement… Hollow City is even richer than
Riggs’s imaginative debut, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar
Children.”—Boston Globe
“What makes the series soar, however, is not the world-building, as
intriguing as it is, but the heartfelt intensity of the
emotions.”—Virginian-Pilot
“Ideal for fans of Neil Gaiman and Daniel Kraus, Hollow
City blends fantasy and horror into a world that will engross
readers and leave them eager for more.”—Shelf Awareness for
Readers
“A tasty adventure for any reader with an appetite for
the…peculiar.”—Kirkus Reviews
“New readers of the series will find this novel a treat...Fans of
the first title will find this book a treasure. The only downside:
waiting for the third installment to find out what happens to Jacob
and his peculiar friends.”—School Library Journal
“Riggs has created a fresh and original world in these Peregrine
novels, with likable, quirky characters and a very readable
style.”—Library Journal Xpress Review
Praise for Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
“A tense, moving, and wondrously strange first novel. The
photographs and text work together brilliantly to create an
unforgettable story.”—John Green, New York
Times best-selling author of Looking for
Alaska and Paper Towns
“Readers searching for the next Harry Potter may want to
visit Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.”—CNN
“Riggs deftly moves between fantasy and reality, prose and
photography to create an enchanting and at times positively
terrifying story.”—Associated Press
“I read all of the Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children books
and I loved them.”—Florence of Florence + The Machine
“[A] thrilling, Tim Burton-esque tale with haunting
photographs.”—USA Today Pop Candy
“With its X-Men: First Class-meets-time-travel story line,
David Lynchian imagery, and rich, eerie detail, it’s no
wonder Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children has
been snapped up by Twentieth Century Fox. B+”—Entertainment
Weekly
“Peculiar’ doesn’t even begin to cover it. Riggs’ chilling,
wondrous novel is already headed to the movies.”—People
“You'll love it if you want a good thriller for the summer. It's a
mystery, and you'll race to solve it before Jacob figures it out
for himself.”—Seventeen
“This peculiar parable is pure
perfection.”—Justine magazine
“One of the coolest, creepiest YA books.”—PopSugar
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