Fourteen-year-old Nick miraculously wasn’t killed in one of the Brooklyn parks by drug dealers—but Peter showed up to help. Oh, that Peter! He’s fast, brave, extremely mischievous—and, like all boys, he loves to play, even though his games often end in bloodshed. His eyes shine with gold. The moment he smiles at you, you become his friend for life. He comes to lonely, lost children—broken, desperate, abused—promising to take them to a secret place where incredible adventures await, where magic is alive, and where they’ll never have to grow up. Of course, Peter’s crazy stories about fairies and monsters make Nick wary—but Nick agrees. After all, in New York there’s no safer place for him. What could he possibly lose? Except… in life, there’s always something to lose.