Peculiar American writer and film-maker Ransom Riggs is best known for his equally peculiar debut novel, “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”. But make no mistake – this is not your ordinary children’s book.

The book tells the story of a troubled young boy named Jacob Portman, whose life suddenly takes a turn for the worse after the brutal murder of his grandfather, apparently by a horrendous monster with tentacles coming out of its mouth.

After several months of troubling nightmares and psychotherapy (that seems to do more harm than good), Jacob, along with his father, visits a mysterious island off the coast of Wales where, his grandfather has always claimed, [...]