Picked this up at a local thrift store in Texas when I was looking for something new to read. The cover intrigued me and the fact that it was an author's retelling of Peter Pan was what sealed the deal for me. I wasn't exactly sure what I had expected. I've read Barrie's Peter Pan before, seen all the movies, read other version, but I hadn't expected to thoroughly enjoy this book so much. Fairies, gold, pirates, mermaids - this book was everything I had expected and more. I found myself completely lost within its pages, immersed in the word that Dave Barry had created and wishing with everything that I could climb into the book and be part of all of it. This is an interesting take on Peter Pan and his origins and honestly -- cannot wait to read the other books that follow!