"Eleven-year-old Barrie doesn't want to grow up. He likes his life as it is and would rather not have more chores and responsibilities like his older sister, or go to junior high, where there's more homework. So when he finds a creepy hook in an old pirate ship exhibit, along with a note promising that whoever possesses it will never grow old, Barrie jumps at the chance and takes the hook home. But when the hook fulfills its promise, Barrie realizes staying a kid forever comes with a dreadful consequence. Now he must find a way to reverse the spell before it's too late." --back cover