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Neverland

  • 1991 first published
  • 373 pages
  • ★ 5.0 (3 ratings)
  • 10 editions

Douglas Clegg's Neverland (1991) is a demon fiction and horror novel. It deals with Georgia, family life, boys and family secrets.

Open Library readers give it an average of 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 18 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 10 editions.

At about 373 pages, most readers finish it in 6–7 hours.

About Neverland

For years, the Jackson family has vacationed at Rowena Wandigaux Lee's old Victorian house on Gull Island, a place of superstition and legend off the southern coast of the U.S. One particular summer, young Beau follows his cousin Sumter into a hidden shack in the woods-and christens this new clubhouse "Neverland." Neverland has a secret history, unknown to the children...The rundown shack in the woods is the key to an age-old mystery, a place forbidden to all. But Sumter and his cousins gather in its dusty shadows to escape the tensions at their grandmother's house. Neverland becomes the place where children begin to worship a creature of shadows, which Sumter calls "Lucy." All gods demand sacrifice...It begins with small sacrifices, little games, strange imaginings. While Sumter's games spiral out of control, twisting from the mysterious to the macabre, a nightmarish presence rises among the straggly trees beyond the bluffs overlooking the sea. And when Neverland itself is threatened with destruction, the children's games take on a horrifying reality-and Gull Island becomes a place of unrelenting terror.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Thriller
  • Occult & supernatural
  • Horror
  • Thrillers
  • Georgia
  • Family life
  • Boys
  • Family secrets
  • Islands
  • Demonology

Quick answers

Who wrote Neverland?

Neverland was written by Douglas Clegg and first published in 1991.

What genre is Neverland?

It is usually shelved as Demons & Devils, Horror and Occult Fiction.

How long is Neverland?

The median edition has 373 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Neverland?

Readers who like it often enjoy Sleeping Beauties, The Jennifer Morgue and The Shining.

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