Middle School, 7th, 8th ; Hard Cover, Fantasy ; Recommended

Miss Peregrine’s Museum of Wonders by Ransom Riggs

Ransom Riggs has another “non-fiction” companion volume to other guidebooks of the peculiar world. Museum of Wonders is a guidebook for new particulars. It provides background and advice for surviving the peculiar world. If you are a new peculiar and need information on “strange events in history,” or need to “locate hidden time loops” this book is for you. I love how the author takes actual black-and-white photos and incorporates a whole made-up peculiar story around them. Vintage photos and wood prints mix with Riggs’ peculiar voice – something akin to a turn-of-the-century spiritualist pamphlet. It reads like a non-fiction tour guidebook. Fans of the peculiar world will love it as well as folks that are just getting started. It reads like a non-fiction tour guidebook of a world you would be fascinated to visit. Review created by a Washginton Middle School Student.