Monday, December 3, 2018

Lost Boy

Lost Boy by Chanda Hahn, 2017

   Peter returned Wendy to her adoptive family after she panned and forgot everything - their adventures, her family, even the nightmare of Neverland. After her third death, Wendy is terrified fo this world without memories.
     She relies on her brother John and their parents to remind her of the basics. But Wendy dreams of a green-eyed boy and flying. She meets the boy when things go seriously wrong at school and she ends up on a date with the playboy football player.
     Jeremy is insistent that Wendy go on a date with him and Wendy convinces John to double with them, along with his new friend Isabelle. At the movies, Peter shows up and things start to get freaky. First Jeremy won't respect Wendy's boundaries, then Peter and he get into it, finally when she's had enough and leaves the theater the shadows follow Wendy and kidnap Jeremy.
     Even though she doesn't like him, neither Wendy nor Peter is willing to just let Jeremy be taken to an unknown fate. Both try to rescue the football player and Wendy discovers an affinity for the shadows has its own offensive abilities.
     Neverland and Hook's Red Skulls put pressure on the Lost Boys and endanger Wendy's normal family. This pushes her back into the Lost Boys' hidey-hole where they're delighted in their rediscovered sister. When Neverland and its spies follow them home, Peter and the boys are lucky to escape with their lives.
     When Wendy is in danger of internal betrayal Peter risks his life to save her from capture. He is caught and only kept alive by the Red Skulls' technology. Peter catches a glimpse of what the lost boys will face before Hook allows one of his new recruits, Jeremy, revenge. 
     When Peter's shadow reappears Wendy knows Peter has panned again and hopes she can help the boys escape. In the second tale of Neverwood, the survivors flee and stakes grow even more dire. Readers who enjoy the traditional romance will follow the teen angst and drama of Wendy and Peter's story as they find and lose each other again. 

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