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Wendy
By Wallace, Karen
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68986-769-9
- Publisher
- Simon
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2004
Gr 8-10 A story about Wendy Darling before she met Peter Pan. Punished one evening by the horrible and abusive Nanny Holborn, she sneaks out of the nursery to spy on one of her parents' glamorous parties. When she sees her father kiss Lady Cunningham on the mouth, Wendy is confused and stunned. After she and her brothers are sent to Uncle Arthur's country estate for the summer, Mr. Darling sinks lower, crashing his car while driving drunk, losing all of his money, and getting fired from his job. Wendy loves be...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2004
Wendy is not the sort of whimsical delight implied by its girlish cover and touted link to Peter Pan; it's instead a sometimes fierce exposition of the dark side of Edwardian decorum and, to some extent, that of Barrie's original story. Wendy Darling, nine, lives in material comfort in Kensington, but her father is a drunk and philanderer, her mother a sad shel...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
