Peter and the Starcatchers | 
|  | | |
 This book is also available, brand-new, from 3rd-party marketplace sellers at Amazon.com, from $3.20. |
The HTML code below can be pasted onto your web-site, your MySpace page, or blog - or any number of similar places - to create a link to this page: If, instead of a text link, you'd like to create a link to this page which will display the book cover, if it's available, then the code below will do exactly that:
Check for the same book at these other US book sites:
• [ Abebooks ] • [ Alibris ] • [ Barnes & Noble ] • [ Half.com ] • [ Powells ] … or check UK bookstores
| Editorial Review / Publisher's Information:
Product Description
Don'teven think of starting this bookunless you're sitting in a comfortable chair and have lots of time. Afast-paced, impossible-to-put-down adventure awaits as the young orphan Peterand his mates are dispatched to an island ruled by the evil King Zarboff. Theyset sail aboard the Never Land, a ship carrying a precious and mysterious trunk inits cargo hold, and the journey quickly becomes fraught with excitement anddanger.
Discoverrichly developed characters in the sweet but sophisticated Molly, the scary butfamiliar Black Stache, and the fearless Peter. Treacherous battles withpirates, foreboding thunderstorms at sea, and evocative writing immerses thereader in a story that slowly and finally reveals the secrets and mysteries ofthe beloved Peter Pan.
Amazon.com
Humorist Dave Barry and suspense writer Ridley Pearson have clearly taken great delight in writing a 400-plus page prequel of sorts to Scottish dramatist J.M. Barrie's beloved Peter Pan stories. The result is a fast-paced and fluffy pirate adventure, complete with talking porpoises, stinky rogues, possible cannibals, a flying crocodile, biting mermaids, and a much-sought-after trunk full of magical glowing green "starstuff." Ever hear of Zeus? Michelangelo? Attila the Hun? According to 14-year-old Molly Aster they all derived their powers from starstuff that occasionally falls to Earth from the heavens. On Earth, it is the Starcatchers' job to rush to the scene and collect the starstuff before it falls into the hands of the Others who use its myriad powers for evil. On board the ship Never Land, an orange-haired boy named Peter, the leader of a group of orphaned boys being sent off to work as servants in King Zarboff the Third's court, is puzzled by his shipmate Molly's fantastical story of starstuff, but it inextricably binds him to her. Peter vows to help his new, very pretty friend Molly (a Starcatcher's apprentice) keep a mysterious trunk full of the stuff out of the clutches of the pirate Black Stache, a host of other interested parties, and ultimately King Zarboff the Third. The downright goofy, modern 8-year-old boy humor sometimes clashes with an old-time pirate sensibility, and the rapid-fire dialogue, while well paced, is far from inventive. Still, the high-seas hijinks and desert-island shenanigans will keep readers turning the pages. Greg Call's wonderful black-and-white illustrations are deliciously old-fashioned and add plenty of atmosphere to a silly, swashbuckling story that shows us how Peter Pan came to fly and why he, and his story, will never get old. (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson
| Other Items You May Enjoy:
Browse Books From These Related Subjects:
Customer Reviews:
• Pce Student Review 27 April, 2008
Peter and the Star Catchers is a great book. This book is fantasy. It is about an orphan named Peter who got sent on a ship. Peter meets a girl named Molly. They try to save a treasure called Star Stuff. The setting is Mollusk Island and a lot of ships. My favorite character is Black Stash because he is a mean, bad guy and he has power. I will recommend this book for ages 10 to 100.
- Reviewed by customer ID: AH9WF27TOLGER
• Clever Concept 26 April, 2008
This wonderfully inventive story takes the Peter Pan tale and shows us the origins of all the now famous characters, and well as the magical Neverland. I was completely skeptical when I started, thinking this was going to be one more ghastly Pan rip-off like the dismal 'Peter Pan In Scarlett'. It's wonderful. Fun, enchanting,and packed with page turning adventure. My four year old son was intrigued by the sword wielding pirates on the cover and begged me to read it to him , but it's really a book I think much more suited to eight to ten year olds. (Or those, like Peter, who refuse to grow up)
- Reviewed by customer ID: AYT4FJYVCHYLE
• A Great Book To Share With Your Kids 11 June, 2008
The story in this book and its sequals is far more entertaining than the Disney movie from which they are based. I have read these books with my nine year old daughter and it has been a great experience. Be warned that the ick factor is more on par with Harry Potter than with the original Disney movie, but the realism that it adds is definitely worth it.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A9YGK2ZE01LTW
• Excellent Read Book To Read To Children (9+) 11 June, 2008
This is an excellent book for older kids (8+) and adults. My husband and I read it ourselves and then read it to our son. Which is the best way. I enjoyed it even more the second time read out loud. Since then we've bought all the books in the series. I hope this duo goes on to do other books together.
- Reviewed by customer ID: AFFG3F0TFKNIC
|
