Tink and Wendy

WINNER OF THE 2021 FOREWORD REVIEWS INDIES GOLD MEDAL FOR YOUNG ADULT FICTION

What happens when Tinker Bell is in love with both Peter Pan and Wendy? In this sparkling re-imagining of Peter Pan, Peter and Wendy’s granddaughter Hope Darling finds the reclusive Tinker Bell squatting at the Darling mansion in order to care for the graves of her two lost friends after a love triangle gone awry. As Hope wins the fairy’s trust, Tink tells her the truth about Wendy and Peter―and her own role in their ultimate fate. Told in three alternating perspectives―past, present, and excerpts from a book called Neverland: A History written by Tink’s own fairy godmother―this queer adaptation is for anyone who has ever wondered if there might have been more to the story of Tinker Bell and the rest of the Peter Pan legend.

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“Tink and Wendy isn’t simply a brilliant, queer revision; it’s Peter Pan as I wish it had always been. Readers will adore Tink’s candor and her journey through grief, devotion, and redemption. This legend is enriched by Kelly Ann Jacobson’s talent and wit. Tink and Wendy joins the ranks of Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi, The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood, and The Color Master: Stories by Aimee Bender and will become the classic that replaces the classic.” -Melissa Scholes Young, author of The Hive and Flood 

“Queer readers such as myself who spent their childhoods escaping into the fantastical worlds of Oz and Neverland will delight in Kelly Ann Jacobson’s Tink and Wendy. Witty, gritty, and magical, Tink and Wendy is an homage to J.M. Barrie’s imagination even as it flips his script. News flash: It’s not all about the boys anymore!” ―Julia Watts, author, Quiver

“Headstrong, clever, and haunted by her past, Jacobson’s Tink is the Jessica Jones of Neverland. But make no mistake, this Tink is very much her own unique character, navigating complex relationships with Peter and Wendy. Tink and Wendy is a delight for fans of Peter Pan, but easily has the richness and heart to stand on its own.” Tara Campbell, author, Cabinet of Wrath: A Doll Collection

“As a child, I was fascinated with J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, but just like Mary Shelley’s Victor Frankenstein, quickly grew weary of the singular focus on the privileged, overly entitled boy who never grew up, but somehow ends up with the most self-sacrificing and parentified girl-child of classic young adult literature. Jacobson’s Tink and Wendy offers the retelling I’ve always dreamed of—one that masterfully builds layers upon layers, at long last, to these two complex characters, each on the opposite end of the same coin, while staying true to the recognizable characteristics of Barrie’s original. Jacobson has created a formidable and necessary addition to the Peter Pan mythology, one that refreshingly centers the complexities of motherhood and womanly expectations of hyperresponsibility via a queer looking glass. A must read for any fan of the Peter Pan canon.” -Addie Tsai, author, Dear Twin

Reviews

“Made me feel the same way I felt when I was little reading the original Peter Pan stories, that sense of something magical, just right out of your reach. Like magic was really possible. This is the feeling I got when I was reading this. Fairies are real, magic is just a sprinkling of fairy dust away and you can fly straight on till morning!!” —Lori6868 on Library Thing

“Tink and Wendy is a masterful reinvention of the classic. Full of teenage angst and yearning, it is poignant, relatable, and full of contemporary appeal.” —Foreword Reviews

“Jacobson (The Troublemakers) offers a haunting, dreamlike reinterpretation of Peter Pan with a queer, contemporary cast . . . retaining some of the original story’s whimsy while rooting the emotional components in grief, trauma, and recovery.” —Publishers Weekly 

“A character-driven reimagining of Peter Pan . . . a queer, introspective retelling.” —Kirkus Reviews

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