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I love this middle grade Peter Pan retelling by Muscogee Creek author Cynthia Leitich Smith. It focuses on two stepsisters & addresses racism straightforwardly in the text. Wendy & Lily immediately speak up when Peter or the Lost boys use the word ‘Injun,‘ for example. On many occasions the omniscient narrator breaks the fourth wall & addresses readers directly—I like that too. A fun read with satisfying depth. #Indigenous #kidlit

Lily: I‘m Muscogee Creek from the Tulsa ‘burbs. I came for my brother and stepsister. Have you seen them? He‘s four, and she‘s annoying.

This story teaches the lesson to children that it is okay to grow up even though it may be scary.

“To love will be an awfully big adventure.”

This story follows Wendy in a journey with Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up. She follows peter through a fantasy land in which she runs into Tinkerbell, a magical fairy, and fights with captain Hook and his crew of pirates.

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Just a few Peter Pan retellings. 🧚

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“A lush, feminist re-imagining on what happened to Wendy after Neverland, for fans of Circe and The Mere Wife.”

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Headed to see "Wendy and Peter Pan" in Stratford with a friend and her littles, so I thought I'd brush up on the original story. My memory of the story had been clouded, by Disney and time so I'm glad I did. Looking forward to the new-to-me interpretation. #44-2024

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"If I am a villain, it's because Peter made me one, because Peter needs to be the shining sun that all the world turns around. Peter needed to be hero, so somebody needed to be a villain."

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