Barrie’s story, it simply changes the details. It doesn’t try to change everything about J.M. The reason that Everland works is because it’s the perfect balance of old and new. But she delivered! Leave it up to a former Disney actress to retell Peter Pan in the best of ways. The pressure to deliver on a retelling must have been huge for Wendy Spinale. It’s marked a significant rite of passage for many generations.

Peter Pan is, and forever will be, a classic story, enjoyed by both kids, and adults. Joanna, his latest victim, turns out to be the most conflicting kidnap, however, since Gwen joins forces with Pete and his gang of Lost Boys. Unsure if the Horologia virus has spread beyond England, Hook persists and captures kids as a means to an end. Hellbent on finding a cure, Captain Hook believes the key is to be found in one of the survivors who lurk around London. That is until Joanna gets caught by the Maurader’s. The Horologia has virus spread and killed off many people.īut Gwen, Joanna, and Mikey Darling trek on, scavenging at night and avoiding Captain Hook’s Maurader’s during the day. Featuring glimpses of the original story, and even some of the original lines, Spinale created a story in a dystopian London, riddled with bombs and disease. This steampunk, dystopian novel is everything you’ve ever wanted. She decided to retell the story of Peter Pan in her latest novel, Everland. Wendy Spinale understood this well, clearly. Suddenly, a story we all love becomes fresh again, with major nods to the original story. The best thing ever is retelling a story everyone knows in a new, awesome way.

Everland by Wendy Spinale