JULY 2013 - AudioFile
Before Wendy Darling, there was Tiger Lily, the first to capture the heart of Peter Pan. She was smart, headstrong, and, unlike other girls of the Sky Eaters tribe, she hunted, explored the island, climbed trees, and could easily pass for a boy. Cassandra Morris pours just the right mixture of curiosity and affection into Tink’s voice as she tells Peter and Tiger Lily’s story. The imaginary world of Neverland is made ever more convincing by Morris’s animated portrayal of the Lost Boys, the mischievous and protective Peter, and the heartrending emotion in Tik Tok’s love for his daughter, Tiger Lily. Despite the oddly youthful rendering of the pirates, Hook and Smee, this is an enchanting listening experience that will make listeners cry. M.F.T. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine
Publishers Weekly
Much has been written about Peter Pan, but Tiger Lily, the girl he spurned in Neverland, has remained more of a mystery. In this evocative tale of unrequited love, Anderson (Peaches) gives Tiger Lily new psychological depth. Told from the perspective of Tinker Bell, the novel explores how Tiger Lily meets and falls in love with Peter, despite being betrothed to another villager, a man Tiger Lily despises. Tiger Lily and Peter’s complicated inner conflicts emerge as they sort out their feelings about freedom, power, loyalty, and responsibility. When a girl from England arrives, Tiger Lily feels the flame of jealousy for the first time, and the results could be deadly. The mythology of Neverland is eloquently woven into the story, and characters are reborn in fascinating ways—Hook is an alcoholic, Smee a serial killer, and Tiger Lily’s adoptive father a “two-spirit” shaman, “born to be two genders.” Readers will find it hard to resist being drawn into Tiger Lily’s world, where dangers and emotions are painted several shades darker than in J.M. Barrie’s classic fantasy. Ages 14–up. Agent: Rosemary Stimola, Stimola Literary Studio. (July)
From the Publisher
★ “Guided by fragile, insect-size faerie Tink, readers are drawn into this richly reimagined Neverland. Working with the darker threads of Barrie’s bittersweet classic, Anderson weaves an enchanting tale.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
★ “The mythology of Neverland is eloquently woven into the story, and characters are reborn in fascinating ways. Readers will find it being drawn into Tiger Lily’s world, where dangers and emotions are painted several shades darker than in J. M. Barrie’s classic fantasy.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
★ “Its many layers create a place of dangerous wonder. Tiger Lily has been reinvented with a complex backstory, giving her a credible source of deep strength and dark emotion.” — School Library Journal (starred review)
★ “Serious and moving.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)
“This unique retelling of PETER PAN by J. M. Barrie has a literary feel, lush descriptions, and a mysterious but sympathetic main character…A sophisticated fantasy, a new spin on a classic tale.” — Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
“In expressive, graceful language, Anderson tells the story of the fierce Tiger Lily and her thorny romance with the legendary Peter Pan. Its sensitive, passionate portrayal of familiar characters is captivating.” — Booklist
“With this quiet and bittersweet story, readers will never again think of Peter Pan as simple animation.” — BookPage
“Funny, free, and utterly imaginative, Jodi Lynn Anderson’s writing is packed with loveliness.” — Ann Brashares, national bestselling author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants on Peaches
“Tiger Lily is a captivating tale—by turns exciting and enchanting.” — Alex Flinn, New York Times bestselling author of Beastly
Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)
★ “Serious and moving.
Ann Brashares
Funny, free, and utterly imaginative, Jodi Lynn Anderson’s writing is packed with loveliness.
Alex Flinn
“Tiger Lily is a captivating tale—by turns exciting and enchanting.
BookPage
With this quiet and bittersweet story, readers will never again think of Peter Pan as simple animation.
Booklist
In expressive, graceful language, Anderson tells the story of the fierce Tiger Lily and her thorny romance with the legendary Peter Pan. Its sensitive, passionate portrayal of familiar characters is captivating.
Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
This unique retelling of PETER PAN by J. M. Barrie has a literary feel, lush descriptions, and a mysterious but sympathetic main character…A sophisticated fantasy, a new spin on a classic tale.
Booklist
In expressive, graceful language, Anderson tells the story of the fierce Tiger Lily and her thorny romance with the legendary Peter Pan. Its sensitive, passionate portrayal of familiar characters is captivating.
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)
★ “Serious and moving.
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Serious and moving."
The Bulletin for the Center for Children's Books
“Serious and moving.
JULY 2013 - AudioFile
Before Wendy Darling, there was Tiger Lily, the first to capture the heart of Peter Pan. She was smart, headstrong, and, unlike other girls of the Sky Eaters tribe, she hunted, explored the island, climbed trees, and could easily pass for a boy. Cassandra Morris pours just the right mixture of curiosity and affection into Tink’s voice as she tells Peter and Tiger Lily’s story. The imaginary world of Neverland is made ever more convincing by Morris’s animated portrayal of the Lost Boys, the mischievous and protective Peter, and the heartrending emotion in Tik Tok’s love for his daughter, Tiger Lily. Despite the oddly youthful rendering of the pirates, Hook and Smee, this is an enchanting listening experience that will make listeners cry. M.F.T. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine
Kirkus Reviews
It's no paradise--white-sand beaches and spectacular sunsets come with mud, mosquitoes and croc-infested swamps--but guided by fragile, insect-size faerie Tink, readers are drawn into this richly re-imagined Neverland anyway. Tink is obsessed with Tiger Lily, whose tribe avoids pirates and Peter Pan's lost boys, believed to carry the aging disease. (Neverlanders stop aging when some life-defining event occurs.) Adopted daughter of shaman Tik Tok, Tiger Lily is proud and competitive, kept at a wary distance by her peers except for gentle Pine Sap, whose unconditional love she appreciates but doesn't return. Athletic Tiger Lily, nonathletic Pine Sap and Tik Tok, whose identity doesn't match his gender, share a bond that's shaken after Tiger Lily rescues an English shipwreck survivor, then falls in love with Peter, following him into an emotional wilderness as intoxicating and dangerous as Neverland itself. Equally strong passions rule psychotic Smee, alcoholic Hook and, especially, Peter, with his need to be best--from winning games to protecting the lost boys. He's irresistible; even mermaids, with their long hair and sharp teeth, aren't immune. Tink's love and helplessness (faeries read thoughts but cannot speak) become a source of tension and metaphor in this post-colonial fable that covers a lot of ground: wilderness and civilization, gender and power, time and change. Working with the darker threads of Barrie's bittersweet classic, Anderson weaves an enchanting tale. (Fantasy. 14 & up)
