TheNever Land Books orNever Land Adventures are a series of shortchapter books set inNever Land, the home ofPeter Pan. They are based on the situations and characters established in the novelPeter and the Starcatchers and its sequels. Like the novels, the books are written by American authorsDave Barry andRidley Pearson and illustrated by Greg Call. Although five Never Land books were planned,[citation needed] only three were published:Escape from the Carnivale (2006),[1][2]Cave of the Dark Wind (2007),[3] andBlood Tide (2008). The stories focus on supporting characters from the novels, such as the Mollusk Island Natives,mermaids,pirates, andLost Boys.
The books are published byHyperion Books (a subsidiary ofThe Walt Disney Company) in defiance of acopyright claim ofGreat Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) of London, to which writerJ. M. Barrie gave the Peter Pan works in 1929, as confirmed in his will. GOSH has argued thatUnited States copyright law gives them exclusive rights to the characters and setting until 2023. Disney argues that the copyright had already expired in the U.S. when Congress extended the term to the length claimed by GOSH.[4]
