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It Came from Neverland

by Cynthia Pelayo

A darker return to Neverland

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A darker return to Neverland

Set in 1914, this horror retelling places Wendy Darling between her work as a teacher and her nighttime care for soldiers returning from the Western Front. A patient’s whispered reference to Peter Pan connects the present to Wendy’s memories of children murdered in London years earlier. When children begin disappearing again, Wendy’s account of Peter as a real threat clashes with her brothers’ recollection of Neverland as childhood make-believe. Scotland Yard’s investigation adds another pressure: old reports reveal Wendy knew the names of the victims. The premise brings the familiar fairy-tale figure into a wartime setting shaped by memory, belief, and suspicion.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in horror retellings of familiar fairy tales.
  • Readers drawn to stories set during the First World War.
  • Readers who enjoy mysteries involving missing children and contested memories.

Themes

Fairy-tale horrorMemory and childhoodWartime aftermathBelief and suspicion

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Book overview

Peter Pan meets Stephen King's It in this twisted horror retelling of a classic childhood fairy tale set during WWI.

1914, Wendy Darling works by day as a school teacher, and by night, she assists soldiers who have returned home from the Western Front. There is one mysterious patient who, despite all the care they've given him, is in a deep sleep, unable to wake up. One night, when he murmurs the words "Peter Pan," Wendy is thrown back to a darker time, one that she wishes she could forget.

When one of her students goes missing, it brings back memories of when children went missing and were later found murdered in London many years ago. Wendy is convinced that Peter Pan, the entity that she believes killed those children, is back. She and her brothers had a close encounter with Peter Pan, after all. But her brothers only remember Peter Pan and Neverland as a fantasy of childhood games.

When another child goes missing and signs start to point to Wendy, Scotland Yard digs into old reports, finding that Wendy knew the names of all the children who had been killed. As Wendy tries to prove her innocence, she also has to find a way to stop Peter Pan once and for all.
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