Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children/ Ransom Riggs/ 351 pages

This is a supernatural tale of a boy trying to solve the mystery of his grandfather's death.  His grandfather had always told him stories of the magical people he knew and was raised with during the war.  But, the stories seem to fantastical to be true.  Then Jacob's grandfather is murdered and Jacob suspects a monster.  The most fascinating part of this book is that the author has this great collection of old photos in the book.  He collects them at antique malls, etc. and used them to support the story.  Some of the pictures are pretty creepy and it's fascinating how he's worked them into the story.  Be warned: this is clearly the first in a series...