Well this was a lovely book. Such a great retelling of a universally known story. Neverland - where everyone knows Pan is the hero and Hook is the villain who always gets what is coming to him. But here, this is a story of redemption. Of a man burdened by fear and anger whose sacrifice saves a world where children dream of and escape to, but who is able to finally rise above his own petty childishness when he finds a reason to grow up. And the story of the women who helps save him, and in doing so, herself, from the horrible memories of the past. A girl who didn't fear Hook as a girl comes back to save him as a woman. Such an imaginative recreation of characters from Hook to Stella (Wendy) to the Indians, mermaids and fairies who need the Neverland to be safe and thus humor all Pan's foibles. And really, this is a wonderful exploration of what it means to stay forever a child: the thoughtless cruelty, the blazing emotions, the lack of understanding, but underneath all that, the innocence to be all those things. This is the story of why we must grow up...because we must learn to control what these children cannot. Great retelling.