The Peculiars

 
The Peculiars
Maureen Doyle McQuerry
359 pages

Summary: Direct from Maureen Doyle McQuerry's website
 ("Maureen Mcquerry." Maureen Mcquerry. Web. 21 Mar. 2015.)

On her 18th birthday, Lena Mattacascar decides to search for her father, who disappeared into the northern wilderness of Scree when Lena was young. Scree is inhabited by Peculiars, people whose unusual characteristics make them unacceptable to modern society. Lena wonders if her father is the source of her own extraordinary characteristics and if she, too, is Peculiar. On the train she meets a young librarian, Jimson Quiggley, who is traveling to a town on the edge of Scree to work in the home and library of the inventor Mr. Beasley. The train is stopped by men being chased by the handsome young marshal Thomas Saltre. When Saltre learns who Lena’s father is, he convinces her to spy on Mr. Beasley and the strange folk who disappear into his home, Zephyr House. A daring escape in an aerocopter leads Lena into the wilds of Scree to confront her deepest fears.

Review:
The world this author created was wonderful, but overall the book was confusing. A lot of the background wasn't explained like certain words used. I would have liked to see pictures of the Peculiars.  I think there might be a message in the book as well about your heritage not shaping you (Lena's goblinissum). I wouldn't recommend this book to others as it didn't really resonate with me.

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