1. In the play Peter Pan, what does Wendy do for the Lost Boys? Why would Darla think it unfair?

2. Is Yolen taking advantage of Barrie's Peter Pan, making it seem to have attitudes toward women that it does not have? Does she treat the play fairly?

Base your answer on your reading of both works.

3. Write a story about how Darla and her mother deal with Lizzy. Do they give her a home? How do they explain her to other people?

4. What does the title "Lost Girls" imply about Yolen's intentions in the novelette? How does it compare to the term Lost Boys?

5. How does Yolen's notion that the pirates are actually trying to liberate the girls contrast to the way they are depicted in Peter Pan?

6. "A pirate ship is a very democratic place," Mrs. Hook says to the...