Lost Boi

Sassafras Lowrey — 2015

A bold and beautiful retelling of the Peter Pan story. Sassafras Lowrey's gorgeously subversive queer punk novel reimagines the classic Peter Pan story. Prepare to be swept overboard into a world of orphaned, abandoned, and runawaybois who have sworn allegiance and service to Pan, the fearless leader of Neverland, and to the newly corrupted Mommy Wendi. Pan's best boi Tootles narrates this tale of the lost bois who call the Neverland squat home, creating their own idea of family, united in their allegiance to Pan, the boi who cannot be broken,and in their refusal to join ranks with Hook and the leather Pirates. Like a fever-pitched dream, Lost Boi situates a children's fantasy within a transgressive alternative reality, chronicling the lost bois' search for belonging and purpose, and their struggle against the biggest foe of all: growing up.

Reviews

Vin @bookcadaver

Aug 10, 2021

“ There is magic everywhere around you, but most people are too busy being grownup to notice it. ”⁣⁣ ⁣ Lost Boi by Sassafras Lowrey was a book I didn’t know I wanted, but definitely needed. Lost Boi is an obscure retelling of Peter Pan. It’s queer, punk and full of kink. ⁣ ⁣ The story is from the perspective of Tootles, one of the lost boi’s that is completely devoted to Pan and his life living in Neverland; which is a run down warehouse where him, Pan and the boi’s find home within. ⁣ ⁣ The book is heavy, and by that I mean it deals with very adult topics such as Dom/Sub Roles, the kink life style, drug abuse, homelessness and the difficult dealings with growing up. ⁣ ⁣ I read this book in one sitting and it’s definitely going to be a book I’ll return too. It was just...I felt homely while reading it. There was things I felt such a deep connection too and it’s the first time I’ve read a book where I could point and go “that’s me.” ⁣ ⁣