Okay, this book was a little interesting. Definitely not as scary as the cover makes it seem...The author uses a bunch of real-life, weird pictures of kids, and writes a story around them. The story is that the kids all have different kinds of "magical powers" (i.e., Peculiar Children). As another reader wrote, it's like X-men for 10 year olds. Not as much scary action. There's some good background on the "Home" and how it came to be, and you get to know a few of the kids pretty well. The beginning and end of the book were both good - the middle seemed to drag a little bit.
It appears as though this is going to be the first in a series - the story doesn't actually end with the finale in the book, so you know there's going to be more. As much as I like the Rick Riordan series, I imagine this one turning into something like that, only with a lot more fantasy, and less Greek/Egyptian gods. And, written more for a pre-teen audience than a teen audience. However, if you're looking for a quick read, with an interesting premise, this one is great. Not to mention the pictures - some of which are enough to give you the heebie-jeebie's themselves...
