what novel opens with all children grow up except one?
'All children, except one, grow up': Peter Pan is the book with the nation's favourite opening line. Peter Pan is the book with the nation's favourite opening line, according to a new poll. 'All children, except one, grow up,' wrote JM Barrie in his children's classic which scooped 20per cent of the vote in a poll commissioned to mark World Book Day next month.