The Never Land Books or Never Land Adventures are a series of short
chapter book
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s set in
Never Land
Neverland is a fictional island featured in the works of J. M. Barrie and those based on them. It is an imaginary faraway place where Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Captain Hook, the Lost Boys, and some other imaginary beings and creatures live.
Altho ...
, the home of
Peter Pan
Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythi ...
. They are based on the situations and characters established in the novel ''
Peter and the Starcatchers'' and its sequels. Like the novels, they are written by
Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist
Dave Barry and suspense novelist
Ridley Pearson
Ridley Pearson (born March 13, 1953 in Glen Cove, New York) is an American author of suspense and thriller novels for adults, and adventure books for children. Some of his books have appeared on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list.
Literary ...
, and illustrated b
Greg Call Although five Never Land books were planned, only three were published, in 2006–2008. The stories focus on supporting characters from the novels, such as the Mollusk Island Natives,
mermaid
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Mermaids are sometimes ass ...
s,
pirate
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s, and
Lost Boys. They include:
*''Escape from the Carnivale'' (August 2006)
*''Cave of the Dark Wind'' (July 2007)
*''Blood Tide'' (September 2008)
The books are published by
Hyperion Books (a subsidiary of
The Walt Disney Company
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) in defiance of a
copyright
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claim of
Great Ormond Street Hospital
Great Ormond Street Hospital (informally GOSH or Great Ormond Street, formerly the Hospital for Sick Children) is a children's hospital located in the Bloomsbury area of the London Borough of Camden, and a part of Great Ormond Street Hospit ...
of London, to which writer
J. M. Barrie
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, (; 9 May 1860 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several succ ...
gave the Peter Pan works in 1929, as confirmed in his will. GOSH has argued that
United States copyright law
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gives them exclusive rights to the characters and setting until 2023. Disney argues that the copyright had already expired in the U.S. when Congress extended the term to the length claimed by GOSH.
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See also
*''Peter and Wendy
''Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up'' or ''Peter and Wendy'', often known simply as ''Peter Pan'', is a work by J. M. Barrie, in the form of a 1904 play and a 1911 novel. Both versions tell the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous li ...
''
*'' Peter and the Starcatchers''
*''Peter and the Shadow Thieves
''Peter and the Shadow Thieves'' is a children's novel that was published by Hachette Books#Hyperion Books, Hyperion Books, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, in 2006. Written by humorist Dave Barry and novelist Ridley Pearson, the book i ...
''
*''Peter and the Secret of Rundoon
''Peter and the Secret of Rundoon'' is a children's novel that was published by Hyperion Books, a subsidiary of Disney, in 2007. Written by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, the book is an unauthorized reimagining of ''Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wo ...
''
*'' Peter and the Sword of Mercy''
*'' The Bridge to Never Land''
References
External links
Pearson's web page about the books
*
review of ''Escape from Carnivale''review of ''Cave of the Dark Wind''
Fantasy short stories
Works based on Peter Pan
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