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Lost Boy

The True Story of Captain Hook

  • 2017 first published
  • 297 pages
  • ★ 4.4 (5 ratings)
  • 5 editions

Lost Boy is a 2017 fairy-tale retelling and fae fiction novel by Christina Henry. It features Peter Pan and Hook Captain. Readers will find themes of retellings, fairy Tales, pirates and Dark.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, and 77 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 5 editions.

At about 297 pages, most readers finish it in 5–6 hours.

About Lost Boy

"From the national bestselling author of Alice comes a familiar story with a dark hook--a tale about Peter Pan and the friend who became his nemesis, a nemesis who may not be the blackhearted villain Peter says he is ..."-- "On an island lives a boy called Peter and his band of merry lost boys, young forever. That is, unless they get sick or killed by pirates or eaten by crocodiles or unless--inexplicably--they grow old. For some of them do grow old, and nobody knows why. One of these boys is called Jamie, and he was the first boy that Peter ever brought to the island. Jamie's lived there for longer than he can remember, and it's not all fun and games. Peter thinks the boys are replaceable, that if one dies or grows up, he can swap in another from the Other Place, the place where he collects new playmates. Jamie looks out for the boys and takes care of them. He does everything Peter does not. Jamie tries to keep them alive because, to him, they matter. When Peter steals a boy who is too young, Jamie takes the boy under his wing. But Peter won't have that, for nobody will ever take Jamie from him. Ever"--
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Characters

Subjects

  • Never-Never Land, Imaginary place
  • Fantasy
  • Horror
  • Retellings
  • Young Adult
  • Fairy Tales
  • Pirates
  • Dark

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote Lost Boy?

Lost Boy was written by Christina Henry and first published in 2017.

What genre is Lost Boy?

It is usually shelved as Fairy Tale Retellings, Fae & Fairy Fiction, Horror and Pirate Fiction.

How long is Lost Boy?

The median edition has 297 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Lost Boy?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Never King, The Dark One and Their Vicious Darling.

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