The moment I heard the concept of this book, I was interested. I'll admit I only know the Disney version of the story of Peter Pan. I know, it's something I need to fix by reading Barrie's original story. But regardless, even in Disney's version I was always more interested with the background of Tiger Lily. We knew that there was something between her and Peter, but we never got to see it. Only the aftermath when Wendy is in the picture. Jodi Lynn Anderson has done a wonderful job putting a new spin on the story that is known (in some form) by so many people. 
 The story, with Tiger Lily as the main focus, is told by TinkerBell. It turns out that fairies cannot speak but they can read thoughts. So we probably learn more with TinkerBell as the narrator, with how she can get Tiger Lily's true thoughts, than we would get from Tiger Lily herself who comes off as quiet and self-contained. She doesn't outwardly express her true feelings that much. 
 In Anderson's version Tiger Lily is the adopted daughter of the tribe's Shaman, Tik Tok. She was found one day as a baby when Tik Tok was out in the fields. Because of beiopted she's always been a kind of outsider within the rest of the tribe. It was sad to see to what extent they went to humiliate her because they thought her cursed. But being a stoic and strong character we rarely see these things actually have an effect on her. She just continues on with her life. 
 Peter and the Lost Boys are considered dangerous and are avoided by the tribe at all costs. Tiger Lily runs into Peter one day and their meeting is over just as quickly as it began. Their second meeting comes a little bit after and from that moment on their relationship begin very tentatively. While Peter comes across still as immature and not wanting to "grow up", but there's still more of a sense of maturation in the fact that he's the leader of the lost boys and with that he take on the responsibility of their well-fare which is not something a child usually has to do. The pirates pose more of a threat to the Boys than in the original story in that most of the Lost Boys are compromised of boys that were stolen from England (or wherever) and brought to the island by the pirates as slave labor. 
 I really liked that Anderson included more of a connection to the outside world. Ships are able to go to London and back again to Neverland, but it's just a difficult island to find. Once you've found it, you can get back. Which is how Hook recruits Smee. Smee is a lot more sinister in this book than he comes across in the Disney film. 
 I was very impressed with the changes / adaptations that Anderson made to the story. I will say it's not a sunny happy story and at the end I was brough to tears, but I still loved the journey. It's one of those books that makes me sit and think about what "might have been" if maybe one things had gone differently. Maybe it would have been better and maybe it would have been for the wrost. I like books that make me ponder the characters and their lives after I'm done reading. I can definitely see myself wanting to go back to this book in the furture. 
 I would highley recommend this book to anyone who knows the story of Peter Pan and wants another interpretation of a very captivating character.