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![]() ![]() ![]() Or in Olive’s case, a floaty start high above the rain clouds with only a frayed rope to keep her from being lost to the skies forever… With each of the peculiar children already fully introduced and established previously (rather handily, Hollow City provides a ‘Peculiar Personae’ mini-guide at the beginning of the book for those who need a quick refresher), the story is able to get off to a running start. ![]() Their journey to London will take them to a menagerie full of never before seen animals, into a bustling gypsy camp, through war-torn streets and far beyond. Hollow City begins at sea as a group of ten peculiar children (and one disgruntled bird) in three small and unsteady boats row for their lives off the coast of mainland Wales, enshrouded by fog and pursued by murderous wights. Hollow City by Ransom Riggs is the follow-up to 2011’s Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, which Alternative Magazine Online described as “an utterly compelling and truly unforgettable book.” Following on directly from the previous novel, readers once again join Jacob Portman and his newfound group of peculiar friends as they journey to 1940s London to save the life of their beloved headmistress, Miss Peregrine. ![]()
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