Award-winning 53-year-old [Geraldine ]McCaughrean was hand-picked to pen the tale.
Her winning story -- entitled "Captain Pan" -- was announced Sunday at the London International Book Fair in Olympia, west London.
She said: "It is an astonishing, daunting privilege to be let loose in Neverland, armed with nothing but a pen, and knowing I'm walking in Barrie's revered footprints.
The word moot is an archaic term meaning "argue, debate, discuss." In early English history, a moot was a meeting to discuss local affairs. Moot comes from the Old English gemot, meaning "meeting."
Monday, March 14, 2005
Sequel to Peter Pan
Great Ormond Street Hospital has authorized a sequel to J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan stories.
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