TIGERHEART is Peter David's lyrical re-imagining of Peter Pan, "The Boy who wouldn't grow up." The book is really the story of two boys; "The Boy" of legend and Paul Dear.

Paul Dear lived in London with his mother and father. Raised by a doting mother and on his father's fantastic stories of the Anyplace with its pixies, red Indians, and dastardly pirate crews...and of course "The Boy." Everything revolves around "The Boy." Paul's life is perfect and life gets better for the Dears when Paul's little sister Bonnie is born. Bonnie's sojourn with the family is sweet but all too short, sudden tragedy strikes and she is taken away after barely a fortnight. Paul's life changes overnight. His mother's eyes are suddenly empty when she looks at Paul and his father. It's not long before she asks Paul's father to move out. No longer able to bear his mother's grief, Paul sets out for The Anyplace, accompanied by the pixie Fiddlefix, in search of a cure for his mother's broken heart.

His Dreamland is everything he had hoped it would be and more, but Paul is soon to discover that The Anyplace has teeth. The pirates are not as comic as the stories would leave you to believe. The Indians are not so quick to forgive. The Mermaids, rather than lazing about in their lagoon are planning sweet vengeance on The Boy who has dared ignore and refuse them and the late Captain Hack (Hook) has a sister, Mary Slash, who is less prissy and more deadly than Captain Hack ever thought to be. And although the Captain has already been eaten by the time of Paul's visit, his shadow lingers on, making evil plans for revenge on all his enemies. His enemies being everyone who exists on The Anyplace. Then there is the Snow Tiger. Paul's Dream tiger who meets him in the Anyplace and teaches Paul about courage, loss, sacrifice and finally about growing up.

TIGERHEART is a story for all ages. An adventure about a boy battling pirates and Lost Boys gone bad. Paul is a boy who faces his fears head on. An ordinary boy, no crowing and preening boy of legend. Afraid and alone Paul travels far from home so he can find, not his heart's desire, but is mother's. A boy who stares death in the face, even though he is terrified, because it's the right thing to do. The ending is brilliant. Paul brings his mother what she needs to heal her broken heart and it's nothing that readers will ever predict or expect. An amazing story.