Peter Pan
J. M. Barrie
One night Wendy, John and Michael Darling wake to find a boy in their London nursery, looking for his lost shadow. He is Peter Pan, who has never grown up, and he teaches them to fly away with him to the Neverland, an island of lost boys, mermaids, fairies and a very angry pirate called Captain Hook.
- Length
- About 47,000 words
- To read it
- About 32 days
- Stage
- Key Stage 2
Reading time at 1,500 words a day, the pace we start from until we know your child’s own.
Where it is taught
Why Peter Pan is on the list
- Year 6, Stretch. A step up in length or difficulty, for a confident reader.
Reading it here
What your child does with it
- 1
Choose it and set a finish date
You get a suggested target from the length of the book and your child's reading pace.
- 2
Check in along the way
A longer book has short check-ins every week or two, so it keeps moving and nothing is forgotten.
- 3
Answer two questions
When they finish: a review of the book, and a deeper question about how it works.
- 4
Get it marked, and redraft
Every answer is marked against the rubric for their year, with a reason for every score.