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=Lost Boy= Lost Boy is a 2017 dark fantasy novel by Christina Henry. The novel is set in the fictional world ‘Neverland,’ based off J.M Barrie’s story of Peter Pan. The novel is a dark twist on Barrie’s original Peter Pan story and is narrated from the perspective of a young Captain Hook. =Lost Boy= Lost Boy is a 2017 dark fantasy novel by Christina Henry. The novel is set in the fictional world ‘Neverland,’ based off J.M Barrie’s story of Peter Pan. The novel is a dark twist on Barrie’s original Peter Pan story and is narrated from the perspective of a young Captain Hook.

Plot
Lost Boy begins with Jaime, Peter and the other lost boys in their hideout, the hang man’s tree. Although Peter is the leader it’s shown that Jaime is the main carer and provider for the boys. He feeds them, heals their wounds and buries them when they die. A new priority for Jaime is protecting Charlie, who is a lot younger than most of the boys Peter brings in. This causes tension as Peter grows jealous of Charlie who receives a lot of attention from Jaime. After receiving the new boys Peter declares they’re going to raid the pirate camp, much to Jaime’s concern. The boys need to make a long and treacherous trip through the Many Eyed (large spider creatures) territory to reach the pirate camp. The Many Eyed aren’t the only concern for Jaime as new boy Nip wants to take Jaime’s place as second in command. Jaime has to fight him multiple times to keep him injured so he can’t cause trouble. Half way to the pirate camp the boys rest in an old bear cave. A Many Eyed offspring finds them and kills one of them and calls out for the other Many Eyed. Although Peter warns the boys that the Many Eyed can’t be killed, Jaime kills the offspring in order to protect the boys. Peter reveals the Many Eyed and him have a treaty, which Jaime broke. Jaime burns the Many Eyed offspring corpse and leaves it by the pirate camp in order to blame them for the killing. Peter goes to burn the pirate camp and leads them straight to the Many Eyed nest. On returning to the hideout Jaime discovers Nip attempted to kill Charlie because Peter told him to. One of the other boys intervened and was killed instead. Peter decides Jaime and Nip are to fight to the death. Before the fight Peter goes searching for new boys. One of the new boys is Sal, who Jaime becomes quickly fond of. Sal helps in taking care of Charlie and is one of the only boys to realise how dangerous Peter is. The boys go to play on the beach but are soon attacked by the pirates who are angry about their camp being burnt down. Six boys are slaughtered by cannonballs which cause Jaime to feed six pirates to the sharks in a vengeful fury. The day of the fight arrives and Jaime kills Nip with ease. However, before the fight, Nip arranged for the pirates to ambush the battle site. Boys are shot and killed. Sal gets wounded but doesn’t die. It’s revealed that Sal is short for Sally and that she wasn’t a boy at all. Peter is outraged and claims girls aren’t allowed. Jaime dismisses this and nurses Sally back to health, which makes Peter even more jealous. After Sally recovers Jaime shows her the tunnel leading back to the other world just in case she and Charlie need to escape. Peter spies on the two and overhears of their plan plan. While Sally and Jaime are occupied, Peter wins over the affections of Charlie by playing with him and giving him toys. He shows Charlie how to fly then drops him into a Many Eyed nest. Jaime finds out and burns the Many Eyed’s home and rescues Charlie. This enrages Peter causing him to massacre the boys. He chops of their right hands just as Jaime would do to the pirates. Peter then destroys the tunnel to the other world. Jaime grows into a man and decides to join the pirates. Peter challenges Jaime to a fight. Peter cheats and cuts off Jaime’s hand. Peter curses Jaime so that he can never grow old or die and he can never leave the island. In the end Jaime is doomed to live forever as Peter’s enemy. He then takes on the name Captain Hook.

Characters
Jaime is the first of the lost boys and is seen as Peter’s second in command. He is the most caring and mature of the boys and takes the roll as the provider for the group. He is often the voice of reason and the one who tries to deter Peter from his dangerous plans. Although looking up to Peter in the beginning Jaime quickly begins to see his true colours and his devious nature. Jaime is skilled in combat and has killed the most pirates out of the group. His signature move is cutting off the right hand, which is something that Peter later uses on him. Jaime meets Peter after he finds his mother dead. He believes he’s the one responsible for her murder but it is later revealed that it was in fact Peter who killed her. In the end Jaime becomes a pirate and takes on the name Captain Hook. Peter is the leader of the lost boys and the only one who doesn’t appear to come from the other world. Although being the leader he shows little care for the boys and sees them as disposable playmates. He is fun and exciting but incredibly narcissistic. The only boy Peter has a real relationship with is Jaime. His possessiveness over Jaime causes him to get very jealous and spiteful. Peter resents Charlie because of the attention Jaime gives him and so tries to plot ways to kill him such as feeding him to the Many Eyed. Peter’s malice and cruelty is slowly revealed as the novel progresses. He takes pleasure in raiding and killing the pirates and sees the fighting and death of the boys as part of his game. By the end of the novel it’s revealed that Peter is the ultimate ruler of the island and the one who controls it. Charlie is the youngest of the boys and the most vulnerable. Jaime takes him under his wing and protects him through the danger and violence. Because of this Charlie soon becomes Peter’s target. Although Peter hates him he refuses to take him back to the other world no matter how much Jaime begs him to. Not much is known about where he came from. Charlie is one of the few boys to survive at the end. Nod and Fog are twins who have been on the island almost as long as Jaime and Peter. They are mischievous and boisterous, always getting into fights. They are shown to be loyal to Jaime but are also naïve to Peter’s tricks. In the pirate ambush Fog is shot and killed which leaves Nod distraught. Nod is also one of the few boys to survive. He becomes a pirate like Jaime. Sally, who is called Sal at first is the only lost girl. At first she is believed to be a boy but after the pirate ambush her true identity is revealed. She is Jaime’s love interest and a sisterly figure to Charlie. Because of her closeness to Jaime Peter despises her. He claims that girls aren’t allowed but he won’t take her back to the other world. Sally is one of the first to notice that Peter is a threat to everyone and that he’s not to be trusted. In the end she is killed by Peter.
 * Jaime
 * Peter
 * Charlie
 * Nod And Fog
 * Sally

Publication And Reception
Lost Boy was published July 4th 2017 and was Christina Henry’s tenth published novel. It was a standalone book that kept in keeping with the dark fairy tale theme Christina Henry used frequently in her books. The novel did well with critiques. Booklist claimed the book would “appeal to fans of dark fantasy.” It was described by Publisher’s weekly as having “multiple twists to keep the reader guessing.”