Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Ransom Riggs)

This is an interesting enough story about a teen who discovers that his grandfather's stories about strange creatures and children with magical powers were real, when something nobody else can see tears his grandfather apart. He goes on a quest to the island where the grandfather lived as a child to try to uncover what is true and what is imagination, and uncovers who the peculiar children are and how Miss Peregrine keeps them safe. An assortment of weird vintage photos illustrate the story, bringing an element of the surreal. The ideas are interesting and the stakes are high, but somehow I couldn't really get into the story or feel much of a connection to the characters. Perhaps that's because I'm such a long way from being a young adult myself.