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Dust
by Kara Swanson
I was really surprised by this book. Also, I need to give a shout-out to the narrator who switched between Claire's American voice and Peter Pan's British accent. It was brilliantly done.
Claire wants to find her brother who has gone missing. A video recording from shortly before he disappeared reveals that he believes he was going to Neverland with Peter Pan. Claire doesn't believe in Neverland. Peter Pan is stuck in London (along with Tiger Lily and Captain Hook) and needs Claire's help to get back to Neverland.
While a little slow to start, I'm glad I pushed through. There are so many wonderful twists, and yet it was clearly the characters of the old tale, if generations had passed since the days of Peter Pan, Wendy, and even Jane. The gravity of thinking beautiful thoughts was fleshed out and Peter was forced to confront ways that his childishness and lies were causing lasting harm to the world he loved so much. Claire was single-minded in her purpose, always searching for her brother, never giving in to the thought that he might have left her. She also learned a great deal about faith and learning to love herself. I loved how she spent frustrating hours trying to fly and failing, but when she left to de-stress and started dancing freely, she was floating without knowing it. I have the feeling both Claire and Peter have a bit of growing to do and look forward to seeing that in the second book, which will probably also provide some indication of whether or not we can ever expect Peter to grow up. Lovely, lovely story.
Claire wants to find her brother who has gone missing. A video recording from shortly before he disappeared reveals that he believes he was going to Neverland with Peter Pan. Claire doesn't believe in Neverland. Peter Pan is stuck in London (along with Tiger Lily and Captain Hook) and needs Claire's help to get back to Neverland.
While a little slow to start, I'm glad I pushed through. There are so many wonderful twists, and yet it was clearly the characters of the old tale, if generations had passed since the days of Peter Pan, Wendy, and even Jane. The gravity of thinking beautiful thoughts was fleshed out and Peter was forced to confront ways that his childishness and lies were causing lasting harm to the world he loved so much. Claire was single-minded in her purpose, always searching for her brother, never giving in to the thought that he might have left her. She also learned a great deal about faith and learning to love herself. I loved how she spent frustrating hours trying to fly and failing, but when she left to de-stress and started dancing freely, she was floating without knowing it. I have the feeling both Claire and Peter have a bit of growing to do and look forward to seeing that in the second book, which will probably also provide some indication of whether or not we can ever expect Peter to grow up. Lovely, lovely story.