Peter Pan in Scarlet - Geraldine McCaughrean [Review]

Title: Peter Pan in Scarlet

Author: Geraldine McCaughrean

Genre: Fiction, Middle Grade, Fantasy

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Publishing date: January 1st 2006

Pages: 275

Rating

★★☆☆☆

Hello! Today I’m going to review Peter Pan in Scarlet, which is the official sequel to James Matthew Barrie’s Peter and Wendy.

This book originated from a contest that the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) made. The author gave the copyright rights of Peter Pan to the hospital and they decided to publish a sequel. Geraldine McCaughrean won the competition by sending them some chapters and a full outline of her book.

Peter Pan in Scarlet takes readers back to Neverland, where something is wrong. Dreams are

Another cover of the book.

leaking out - strangely real dreams, of pirates and mermaids, of warpaint and crocodiles. For Wendy and the Lost Boys it is a clear signal - Peter Pan need their help, and so it is time to do the unthinkable and fly to Neverland again.

But back in Neverland, everything has changed - and the dangers they find there are far beyond their dreams...

Okay, first I must say I haven’t read or watched Peter Pan, I know what it is about, but that’s it. Maybe the reason I didn’t enjoy this at all is because I haven’t read the original, or I don’t know, tons of people who love the original say they disliked this sequel.

The book is short and fast paced; the edition I have has small illustrations at the beginning of each chapter and is a red hardcover, so, aesthetically is beautiful.