A teen outcast loses his beloved grandfather and discovers that he can see monsters and travel through time loops. Now he must battle wights and hollows with some elderly orphan kids with supernatural abilities that are hiding in an orphanage in 1941. That was a fun sentence to write, and it is a fun book to read.
An adventure that has all the absurdity of a dream or nightmare, it nonetheless is an enjoyable yarn with a title that one cannot say no to. I would continue to read this series, the story is unique, the photographs very effective, and I enjoyed the whimsy and creativity. If parts of it require some suspension of disbelief- and i must also admit there are no characters that I found particularly compelling- it is still a great recommendation for teens who like either fantasy or adventure.