In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers nightly with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story when Peter Pan flies into their nursery one night and leads them over moonlit rooftops through a galaxy of stars to the lush jungles of Neverland. Wendy and her brothers join Peter and the Lost Boys in an exhilarating life free of grown-up rules, while also facing the inevitable showdown with Hook and his bloodthirsty pirates.
''What distinguishes this Peter Pan from other versions is its unsentimental insight into the terrors and delights of both childhood and growing up.''
- A.O. Scott, THE NEW YORK TIMES
''Both enchantingly old-fashioned and daringly modern''
- Elizabeth Weitzman, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
''It's literate, funny, exciting and drenched in fairy dust!''
- Steve Schneider, ORLANDO WEEKLY