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Annotated Bibliography Billson, Anne. Crash and Squirm. The Guardian. Web. October 30, 2008. <http://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/oct/31/horror>.

This article summarizes how horror plays a role in our society. How movies and novels use horror to set us in a mood and affects how we think of violence and evil. Horror movies have a way of addressing our most unspeakable fears and desires. Horror gives us a sense of how evil the world really is. There will always be evil people or creatures out there. The wights and hollowgausts in this case represent evil with in the life of the peculiar children. Everyone has there own way of overcoming this fear of evil. The peculiar children use their peculiar powers to overcome this evil or horror. Davies, Paul. Time Travel: Can it really be done?. CNN Opinion. Web. Mon May 13, 2013. <http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/13/opinion/opinion-time-travel-paul-davies/>. This article summarizes time travel through science. Referring to Albert Einstein quite often and his predictions of time. Albert Einstein explained that time is cable of being stretched or shrunk by motion. Moving at the speed of light creating the effects of time warp. Albert Einstein not only found that speed effects time travel but also gravity. A black hole has enough gravitational pull to send you into the future and back to the past if entered through the other direction. At the surface of a black hole time is at a stand still in relative to us. Albert Einstein has proved that time travel to the future may be possible, but time travel to the past is very unlikely, though it may be possible though speed and gravitational pull. So has Miss Peregrine created a small replica of a black hole or a warm hole through her powers that allow for this time travel of the loop? Focus On The Family. Miss Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children. Thriving Family. 2010 2014. Web. This article gives a plot summary about the story. The story is about a war veteran who tell his grandson about his childhood. Jacob is present during his grandfathers death. After that day he begins dreaming about these creatures. He begins realizing that the stories his grandfather had told him were actually true. This article also has many various topics underneath it that break the story into different sections. The topics are christian beliefs, authority roles, other belief systems, profanity/ graphic violence and kissing/ sex/ homosexuality. There are also notes in the bottom that talk about drugs/alcohol, smoking/tobacco, lying, nudity and images.

Grohol, John M. "Acute Stress Disorder Symptoms." Psych Central.com. N.p., 26 May 2013. Web. 19 Mar. 2014. <http://psychcentral.com/disorders/acute-stress-disorder-symptoms/>.

This article goes over the facts of Acute Stress Disorder that Jacob was diagnosed with in the book. In a brief description explains the possible reasons for ASD and stating that the disorder shows up within a month of the traumatic experience. ASD seems to have effects of emotional responsiveness meaning they have great difficulty in experiencing previously enjoyable activities and feel abnormally guilt over normal tasks. As a result of ASD the patient usually suffers from PTSD or Posttraumatic Stress Disorder as well, which forces them to relive and re-experience their traumatic experience. The article then goes over specific symptoms of ASD. Then goes into little depth of the symptoms and what causes them generally.

Kat,Tom. Book Review:Miss Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children. Geeks of Doom. Oct 30, 2013. Web

The article gives a brief summary of the book without trying to give away too much information for those who have not yet read the book. The story is about of a boy named Jacob who is fascinated by the stories of his grandpa, Abe. Abes stories were more than the Three Little Pigs and Goldilocks. His stories are about all these different creatures and monsters and children with peculiar abilities. Nothing compared to those Once Upon A Time bedtime stories for children. After, a tragedy in the family, Jacob has to follow clues that lead him to an abandoned house that will lead to a bigger mystery. Its not much of a horror story, but rather creepy and intriguing.The photographs in the book are of the characters and events in the book. Riggs tells his story through his writing and the pictures. As you read, you can sense that something is not right. "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder." Psychology Today: Health, Help, Happiness + Find a Therapist. N.p., 19 June 2010. Web. 16 Mar. 2014. <http://www.psychologytoday.com/conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder>.

The article starts by defining PTSD or post-traumatic stress disorder, then explaining that there are many things that can cause a person to develop PTSD. These situations can range from extreme events to personal experiences. PTSD affects 7.7 million American adults, but can occur and any age and women are more likely to develop the disorder than men. The article then gives percentages of soldiers from recent wars that have developed PTSD. It also gives percentages of sexual trauma in the military, explain that this can also increase the likelihood of PTSD. The ending part of the article focuses on Complex PTSD a disorder of extreme stress that change brain hormonal levels and lead to severe behavioral difficulties such as eating disorders,

impulsivity, aggression, inappropriate sexual behavior, alcohol or drug abuse, and other selfdestructive actions, as well as emotional regulation (such as intense rage, depression, or panic) and mental difficulties (such as scattered thoughts, dissociation, and amnesia). Treament is possible for even the extreme cases but will likely progress at a slower rate the average PTSD patient. Russo, Maria. A Book That Started With Its Pictures. The New York Times. The New York Times, 30 Dec. 2013. Web. This article talks about how Ransom Rigggs got inspired to write this creepy novel. When he was younger he would go to swap meets or secondhand shops. It was in those place where he would find boxes filled with these old photographs. His attraction to these creepy photos eventually became the catalyst to his first novel. The more his collection of these photos kept growing he began leaning towards filming and freelance writing. He began writing Miss Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children that was about a lonely 16 year old named Jacob. He begins realizing that the stories his grandfather had told him were probably real. He goes to an island to discover his grandfathers past. It is there where he time travels and was in many alternate worlds.

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