Peter is quick, daring, and full of mischief'and like all boys, he loves to play, though his games often end in blood. His eyes are sparkling gold, and when he graces you with his smile you are his friend for life, but his promised land is not Neverland. Fourteen-year-old Nick would have been murder
The Child Thief
β Scribed by Brom
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 674 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
βPeter is quick, daring, and full of mischiefβand like all boys, he loves to play, though his games often end in blood. His eyes are sparkling gold, and when he graces you with his smile you are his friend for life, but his promised land is not Neverland.β Fourteen-year-old Nick would have been murdered by the drug dealers preying on his family had Peter not saved him. Now the irresistibly charismatic wild boy wants Nick to follow him to a secret place of great adventure, where magic is alive and you never grow old. Even though he is wary of Peterβs crazy talk of faeries and monsters, Nick agrees. After all, New York City is no longer safe for him, and what more could he possibly lose?
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The acclaimed artist Brom brilliantly displays his multiple extraordinary talents in _The Child Thief_ --a spellbinding re-imagining of the beloved Peter Pan story that carries readers through the perilous mist separating our world from the realm of Faerie. As Gregory Maguire did with his _New York
Peter is quick, daring, and full of mischief'and like all boys, he loves to play, though his games often end in blood. His eyes are sparkling gold, and when he graces you with his smile you are his friend for life, but his promised land is not Neverland. Fourteen-year-old Nick would have been murder
Peter is quick, daring, and full of mischief'and like all boys, he loves to play, though his games often end in blood. His eyes are sparkling gold, and when he graces you with his smile you are his friend for life, but his promised land is not Neverland. Fourteen-year-old Nick would have been murder
> > Peter is quick, daring, and full of mischiefand like all boys, he loves to play, though his games often end in blood. His eyes are sparkling gold, and when he graces you with his smile you are his friend for life, but his promised land is **not** Neverland. > > Fourteen-year-old Nick would have