When Jacob Portman was a boy, his grandfather regaled him with stories of his
fantastic life at Miss Peregrine's home during the Second World War, even
sharing photos of the remarkable children with whom he resided. As Jacob grew
up, though, he decided that these photos were obvious fakes, simple forgeries
designed to stir up his youthful imagination. Or were they...? Following his
grandfather's death - a scene Jacob literally couldn't believe with his own eyes
- the sixteen-year-old boy embarks on a mission to disentangle fact from fiction
in his grandfather's tall tales. But even his grandfather's elaborate yarns
couldn't prepare Jacob for the eccentricities he