Second Star

Second Star by Alyssa B. Sheinmel

257 Pages

Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Release Date: May 13, 2014

Fiction, Teens, Young Adult, Sci Fi, Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Peter Pan

Wendy Darling is at a loss after her brothers, John and Michael, are declared dead after a surfing accident. She does not believe they are dead and goes on an adventure looking for them. She finds a group of surfers living in abandoned houses along the California coast. Peter leads a group of boys along with a girl named Belle. They tell her the brothers were forced to leave the group because they became addicted to a drug called dust. Wendy follows their trail and finds Jack, the drug dealer.

The story is a twist of the Peter Pan story. The pace of the story drags at time and then becomes frantic. The characters are somewhat developed, and it is written in the third person point of view. The ending of the book felt rushed but wrapped up the story.