This can’t be! Barry didn’t want to get any older. Honestly, it just frightened him—middle school, new responsibilities, algebra (whatever it is)… And then something incredible happened! On a field trip to a maritime museum, Barry slipped into the cabin of an old pirate and found… his hook! Yes, the very one that was in place of Captain James Hook’s hand. A note that was lying beside the hook read: “Anyone who takes the hook will never grow up.” What luck! Now Barry is spared from classes and allowed to play video games all night long! And everything would be perfect—if not for one “but”: it seems the owner of the hook doesn’t love rule-breaking boys who steal other people’s hands. And Barry is going to have to return the hook, otherwise his eternal childhood might end sooner than he thinks…