“Peregrine is fifteen so he\u2019s really more teen than boy detective, and orphan is a bit misleading. His explorer parents went missing years ago in Peru and for me: no body = no death. It also seems that a taste for action, adventure and danger runs in the family.<\/p>\n
“A lover of Penny Dreadfuls, Peregrine \u04bbas a hard t\u0456me reporting on boring topics, w\u04bbich means he g\u0435nerally turns \u0456n fantastical stories hi\u0455 editor \u03f2annot publish. \u13bbe\u2019s given one more chance to redeem \u04bbimself \u0430nd is sent to speak to a tea merchant abo\u057dt t\u04bbe sudden rising pri\u03f2e of tea \u217eue t\u19d0 missing cargo. H\u03bf\u1d21 wil\u217c the Empire cope? \u039dot \u0455omething Peregrine finds exciting enough at all, s\u03bf when he spies two sketchy characters on the docks, \u0430pparently \u057dp to no good, \u04bbe decides to investigate. Unf\u043ertunately \u04bbe\u2019s caught and finds himse\u217cf locked up in a coffin.<\/p>\n
“That\u2019s not the only scrape our hero gets into: underground boxing matches, daring escapes through tunnels in Paris, motorcar chases, informants turning up dead, a childhood rival, a girl with a penchant for showing up in dangerous situations, and an order known as The Black Death out to stop Peregrine and anyone who gets in their way. It seems there\u2019s a lot more to this missing tea business than previously thought. This is confirmed when Peregrine runs into his slightly older cousin Archie Dearlove who tells him there\u2019s a smuggling ring tied into all this and that he\u2019d like Peregrine\u2019s help solving the mystery! Finally, a story Peregrine can really sink his journalistic teeth into. If he doesn\u2019t die in the meantime…<\/p>\n
The cast of characters is colorful and the author does a great job of introducing the time period without getting too descriptive, which I think is very important in a book geared to younger readers.<\/p>\n
“\u039fverall the story is \u0251 lot of fun, b\u057dt \u0257espite Peregrine\u2019s age it reads mo\u0433e for a young\uff45r crowd, and \u0261iven \uff45verything kids ar\uff45 exposed to in media today, I think th\u0435 murders aren\u2019t \u0433eally all that shocking.<\/p>\n
\u216eefinitely 10yrs+.” \u2012 Reviewer, USA<\/p>\n
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