Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Darling by K. Ancrum
Set in contemporary Chicago, DARLING by K. Ancrum retells
the tale of J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan and Wendy Darling in a way that readers
will not expect. Wendy, just finishing high school, moves into the city and is surprised
one night by a boy climbing in her window. Peter convinces her to join him and his
punk ex-girlfriend Tinkerbelle as they head to a party. It turns into a wild
night, with explosions, kidnapping, disguises, police chase, a bar with drag performances, a warehouse
raid and much more. Wendy feels less and less safe as the night goes on, struggling
to decide whom to trust. She meets several “lost boys,” (Curly, Nibs, and
Fyodor, plus twins called First and Second) and another faction led by a brave
girl named Ominotago who is Ojibwe and now in a relationship with Tink. Detective
Hook is after Peter and there is a definite crescendo of fear and sinister
happenings. As the publicity materials say, “you’ve heard this story before, but
this time it won’t end the way you think …”
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