Sam is a female peculiar with the peculiarity of being able to regrow any body part she loses, similar to a starfish.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Sam was likely born around 1928, as she was twelve in 1940. Sam and Esme's mother died a few years before the events of Hollow City. When the girls' father went to war, they were to be sent to their father's sister's home. Because their aunt would only take one of them, the two children escaped, not wanting to be separated. This is why they were introduced in London, where their original home was located.
When asked about whether a ymbryne ever came for her, Sam replied that someone had come, but she ultimately turned them down because going with a ymbryne would mean leaving her sister behind.
Hollow City[]
Hollow City The Second Novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children
After Sam gives shelter to the peculiars from an air raid, a bomb hits the house, sending a broken rafter straight through her body. She pulls herself off, and now has a large hole through her midsection. Sam then tells a shocked Jacob and Horace that she will be fine and the hole will grow back in a few days.
The peculiars try to convince Sam to come with them, but she cannot leave her sister, who is not peculiar and therefore cannot enter loops. Enoch then ends up insulting Sam, which thoroughly convinces Sam not to go with the peculiars. She is last seen carrying her sister towards an ambulance.
Later, Millard tells Jacob that as none of them had ever heard of a peculiar with such a unique gift, Sam most likely did not survive the war.
Description[]
Appearance[]
Despite being 12 years old, something in Sam's stony expression made her look older. She had hard, black eyes, hair in a short bob, and wore a little girl's dress with big white buttons down the front.
Personality[]
Sam seems mature for her age and looked world-weary, which was not surprising considering she was looking after her sister in war-torn London without any adults with them. She tends to be very calm and does not usually show much emotion, acting cold to Jacob and his friends and unfeelingly saying that her mother is dead. Her top priority is Esme, who she cares deeply about.
Peculiarity[]
Sam could regrow whatever part of her body that she loses in a matter of days, and did not feel much pain in her chest when she was impaled there. In addition, her wound was neat, with nothing spilling out, and her internal organs did not seem permanently hurt. Though the limits of her regeneration are unknown, she might not survive something far more severe. As a regenerator, her ability is a necrological one.
Relationships[]
Esme[]
Sam was highly protective of her little sister Esme.
Trivia[]
- Sam is the only peculiar that has never been in a loop in the series so far, making her possibly the youngest peculiar. She is only 12 years old.
- Besides Hugh and Peter-and-Joel, Sam is the only other character to appear in the three book trailers for Hollow City.
- Like Peter-and-Joel, Sam has a different power in the book trailer. It appears she has the ability to live with a hole in her stomach and kill things just by touching them, a power that connects with Enoch's.