Lost Boy

Peter Pan has been the most famous fairy tale among the rest; it is the story of a boy who never grows old. Peter lives in Neverland where no one grows old, on rare occasions, few get old and no one can explain the reason behind it.

Till now the story of Peter Pan and the lost boys was expected to be a nice little story for the kids. Christina Henry shifts the story upside down by presenting Peter Pan as a mean character here. Peter brings boys from the real world to Neverland for the sake of fun and when they grow old he doesn’t care about them rather he replaces them with new boys.

Among those boys is a boy named Jamie who was the first boy Peter ever brought to his world. Jamie has been there since the beginning and it is he who takes care of all the lost boys in Peter’s absence. Still, a few of them die now and then because of the pirates or old age. For Peter, it is just routine work and all he thinks about is his playtime. He uses these boys like toys which are not his duty to protect and nourish.

When Peter brings home a young boy, Jamie at once takes him under his custody after which the issues start getting serious. Samuel Roukin’s narration has made the story more serious and at times it seems that we are listening to a story for the adults. Before this, The Girl in Red and Alice were also dealt with in the same way by the author. Christina has a habit of changing innocent fairy tales into serious stories.