Inside the loop, Jake meets:

(Ella Purnell): An aerokinetic girl lighter than air who must wear lead shoes to stay grounded.

Jake eventually realizes he shares his grandfather's ability to see these invisible monsters, making him the only one who can truly protect the home. Cast and Characters Ability (Peculiarity) Miss Alma Peregrine Can transform into a peregrine falcon and manipulate time. Jake Portman Asa Butterfield Can see the invisible "Hollowgasts". Emma Bloom Ella Purnell

Tim Burton's 2016 adaptation of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

The story follows Jake (Asa Butterfield), a Florida teenager who discovers a mysterious orphanage on a Welsh island. After a family tragedy, he travels through a "time loop" set in September 3, 1943. There, he meets Miss Peregrine (Eva Green), a falcon-shaped Ymbryne who can manipulate time, and her flock of "peculiar" children: