Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Source:  Purchased
Genre:  YA-Paranormal
Publisher:  Quirk
Date Published: January 1, 2011
Number of Pages:  352

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs.

It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive.

A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.  (from Goodreads)

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

Source:  Purchased
Genre:  YA-Paranormal/Suspense 
Publisher:  Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Date Published: September 27, 2011
Number of Pages:  466

Mara Dyer believes life can't get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there.
It can. 

She believes there must be more to the accident she can't remember that killed her friends and left her strangely unharmed. 
There is.

She doesn't believe that after everything she's been through, she can fall in love. 
She's wrong.  (from Goodreads)