Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children book 1 · 2011
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
After his grandfather’s death, sixteen-year-old Jacob Portman travels to a remote Welsh island to find the children’s home his grandfather grew up in, and discovers that the peculiar children of his grandfather’s stories may still be alive.
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Book facts
- Author
- Ransom Riggs
- Series
- Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, book 1 of 6
- Published
- 2011
- Setting
- Set in invented worlds
- Characters charted
- 6
- Chart confidence
- High
Who is in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
6 recurring or key characters from Ransom Riggs’s chart. Introduces Jacob Portman, Emma Bloom, Miss Alma Peregrine, Millard Nullings and 2 more.
Lead 1
- Jacob PortmanFirst appearanceBoy who can see hollowgasts
Major 3
- Emma BloomFirst appearancePeculiar who can make fire
- Miss Alma PeregrineFirst appearanceYmbryne who can become a falcon
- Abraham PortmanFirst appearanceJacob's grandfather
Minor and cameo 2
- Millard NullingsFirst appearanceInvisible boy
- Enoch O'ConnorFirst appearanceBoy who can raise the dead
Also featuring these characters
Other Ransom Riggs books that share the most characters with Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.
- A Map of Days2018 · Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children · 6 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Library of Souls2015 · Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Conference of the Birds2020 · Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Desolations of Devil's Acre2021 · Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon