{"product_id":"the-child-thief-a-novel-isbn-9780061671340","title":"The Child Thief: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe acclaimed artist Brom brilliantly displays his multiple extraordinary talents in \u003ci\u003eThe Child Thief\u003c\/i\u003e—a spellbinding Peter Pan retelling that carries readers through the perilous mist separating our world from the realm of Faerie. As Gregory Maguire did with his \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling \u003ci\u003eWicked\u003c\/i\u003e novels, Brom takes a classic children’s tale and turns it inside-out, painting a Neverland that, like Maguire’s Oz, is darker, richer, more complex than innocent world J.M. Barrie originally conceived. An ingeniously executed literary feat, illustrated with Brom’s sumptuous artwork, \u003ci\u003eThe Child Thief \u003c\/i\u003eis contemporary dark fantasy at its finest—casting Peter Pan, the Lost Boys, even Captain Hook and his crew in a breathtaking new light.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter is quick, daring, and full of mischief—and like all boys, he loves to play, though his games often end in blood. His eyes are sparkling gold, and when he graces you with his smile you are his friend for life, but his promised land is \u003cem\u003enot\u003c\/em\u003e Neverland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eFourteen-year-old Nick would have been murdered by the drug dealers preying on his family had Peter not saved him. Now the irresistibly charismatic wild boy wants Nick to follow him to a secret place of great adventure, where magic is alive and you never grow old. Even though he is wary of Peter's crazy talk of faeries and monsters, Nick agrees. After all, New York City is no longer safe for him, and what more could he possibly lose?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is \u003cem\u003ealways\u003c\/em\u003e more to lose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccompanying Peter to a gray and ravished island that was once a lush, enchanted paradise, Nick finds himself unwittingly recruited for a war that has raged for centuries—one where he must learn to fight or die among the \"Devils,\" Peter's savage tribe of lost and stolen children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere, Peter's dark past is revealed: left to wolves as an infant, despised and hunted, Peter moves restlessly between the worlds of faerie and man. The Child Thief is a leader of bloodthirsty children, a brave friend, and a creature driven to do whatever he must to stop the \"Flesh-eaters\" and save the last, wild magic in this dying land.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Beautiful and authentically dark.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSci-Fi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e” [A] fascinating work of dark epic fantasy that blends elements of the Peter Pan story with characters from Celtic and Norse mythologies.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTulsa World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A fascinating work of dark epic fantasy that blends elements of the Peter Pan story with characters from Celtic and Norse mythologies.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTulsa World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The book retells the story of Peter Pan in a way that it hasn’t been told before. . . .  Brom delivers a fascinating and entrancing version, trading paints for words to create a tale as dark, twisted and stunning as his artwork.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe News-Star (Monroe, Louisiana)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A gruesome and darkly fantastical twist on a classic tale. Brom injects pure horror into fantasy.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHolly Black, New York Times bestselling author of Ironside and The Spiderwick Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Brom has always been an artist who gave us his nightmares fully realized, but with THE CHILD THIEF, he paints in words. A wonderfully nasty Peter Pan reboot that stands on its own as a dark, twisted adventure.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher Golden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ancient magics combine with feral logic to culminate in Brom’s The Child Thief. A retelling of Peter Pan spanning America’s earliest, magically rich beginnings to today’s bare whispers of belief.  Wickedly poetic, The Child Thief makes me want to believe.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKim Harrison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Artist and illustrator Brom’s ambitious retelling of the Peter Pan story, his first full-length adult novel, is dark, disturbing, and thoroughly gripping.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Voyager","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887867588837,"sku":"NP9780061671340","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061671340.jpg?v=1730227627","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-child-thief-a-novel-isbn-9780061671340","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}