Peter Pan in Scarlet by: Geraldine McCaughrean, Alladin Paperback, 2008.
This
book is reported as the first-ever authorized sequel to Peter Pan. The
author won the honr via a contest. J.M. Barrie gave the rights to
Peter Pan to Great Ormond Street Hospital in 1829. In 2004 they
authorized a sequel and sponsored a contest seeking an author.
It
took me some time to get into this book. For the first half, it seemed
like someone was trying to be clever and copy Barrie, but never quite
hitting the mark. However, as the adventure of the story and the
intrigue of the story, began to take over, then I was drawn into the
book. If I wasn’t so vested in reading the book, I may have never
reached the point where it drew me in. I am glad I finally got there.
The
plot is set with the “Lost Boys” now as adults, are having dreams of
Never Land. Nightmares, and these dreams leave things behind, wet
sheets, or a sword or other implement her or there. Something has to be
done. They take their concerns to Wendy, now a mother herself, and the
answer is obvious—they must go back to Never Land. To return to Never
Land they must find a faerie, and they must become young again. When
they arrive there, everything is changed. The land has been poisoned.
The mermaids all died from the poison, the Indians are not seen. They
meet Pan, and go adventuring chasing dragons. This adventure quickly
changes to one of seeking Hooks treasure. Pan has put on Hooks second
best coat, and slowly transforms into Hook himself.
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