A mysterious island, an abandoned orphanage, a collection of curious photographs—it all waits to be discovered in this "tense, moving, and wondrously strange first novel" (John Green) by Ransom Riggs, a gothic thriller for young adults. Still reeling from his grandfather's death, 16-year-old Jacob journeys to a remote Welsh island and finds the crumbling ruins of the institution where his grandfather grew up. Wandering the abandoned bedrooms and hallways, Jacob realizes that these children were more than just peculiar, they may have been dangerous—and somehow, they may still be alive. Along with the bizarre vintage photos that inspired much of the original story, the book also includes eight pages of stills from the Tim Burton film of the same name.