Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Setting
Peregrine's IslandJacob might be born and raised in Florida, but he ships off for Cairnholm Island in search of the mysterious Miss Peregrine's home for children (he doesn't know they're peculiar y...
Genre
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children feels like someone rolled up a young adult novel, turning it into a big boulder, and sent it rolling through X-Men and Toxic Crusaders before crashi...
What's Up With the Title?
If you've done so much as look at the cover of this book, we don't need to explain the title. But if somehow this is the first page on the Internet you've ever stumbled across (welcome to the 21st...
What's Up With the Epigraph?
Sleep is not, death is not;Who seem to die live,House you were born in,Friends of your spring-time,Old man and young maid,Day's toil and it's guerdon,They are all vanishing,Fleeing to fables,Cannot...
What's Up With the Ending?
Can you say cliffhanger? (It's not that hard to pronounce. Even the kid with bees in his mouth could say it.) At the end of this installment, Golan the wight is killed when Jacob gets up the courag...
Tough-o-Meter
The hardest word in the book is in the epigraph, and you can blame Ralph Waldo Emerson for using "guerdon" when reward would suffice. (Put down the thesaurus and go for a walk, man.)Aside from that...