false<![CDATA[Tigerheart]]>26787586For all readers who have ever lent an enthusiastic ear to a wonderfully well told tale, or tumbled gladly into pages that could transport them anywhere, now comes novelist Peter David’s enchanting new work of fantasy. Action-packed and suspenseful, heart-tugging and wise, it weaves a spell both hauntingly familiar and utterly irresistible for those who have ever surrendered themselves to flights of fancy, and have whispered in their hearts, “I believe.”<br><br>Paul Dear is a good and clever boy, doted on by a father who fills his son’s head with tall tales, thrilling legends, and talk of fairy-folk, and by a mother who indulges these fantastic stories and tempers them with common sense. But Paul is special in ways that even his adoring parents could never have imagined. For by day, in London’s Kensington Gardens, he walks and talks with the pixies and sprites and other magical creatures that dwell among the living–but are unseen by most. And at night in his room, a boy much like himself, yet not, beckons to Paul from the mirror to come adventuring. It’s a happy life for Paul, made all the more so by the birth of his baby sister. <br><br>But everything changes when tragedy strikes, and Paul concludes that there’s only one course of action he can take to dispel the darkness and make things right again. And like countless heroes before him, he knows that he must risk everything to save the day. <br><br>Thus begins a quest that will lead Paul down the city’s bustling streets, to a curio shop where a magical ally awaits him, and launches him into the starry skies, bound for a realm where anything is possible. Far from home, he will run with fierce Indian warriors, cross swords with fearsome pirates, befriend a magnificent white tiger, and soar beside an extraordinary, ageless boy who reigns in a boundless world of imagination.<br><br>Brimming with the sly humor and breathless excitement of a traditional Victorian bedtime story, deftly embroidered with its own unique wisdom and wonder, Tigerheart is a hymn to childhood’s happiness and heartbreak, a meditation on the love, courage, sacrifice, and faith that shape us and define our lives, and a splendidly rendered modern fable–for readers of any age–that brilliantly proves itself a worthy brother to the timeless classic that serve as its inspiration.27040601762008Tigerhearttotal:135|5:36|4:53|3:33|2:7|1:6|1355112984700falsefalseTue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008Wed May 13 13:08:24 -0700 2009Wed May 13 13:10:16 -0700 2009
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Peter David's vast experience in comics and media tie-ins is apparent in Tigerheart, a good old-fashioned Victorian story all the more appealing because it will resonate with adults and younger readers alike (though as Paul Di Filippo points out, "I don't recall the original Tinker Bell swearin...more...]]>
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StaticMultimedia.com I gave this 2 stars. This was a book I slogged through so I could write the review. Die hard Peter Pan fans aside, take my advice and skip this one.
Below are some highlights from my review. To read my full review go to: http://www.staticmultimedia.com/print/re... ...more...]]>
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00falsefalseTue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009Fri May 01 20:07:28 -0700 2009Tue May 05 19:49:48 -0700 2009 All done.
At first I was not to sure that I liked that Peter David was constantly breaking the fourth...more...]]>
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30falsefalseSat Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008Sun Sep 07 10:32:11 -0700 2008Sun Sep 07 10:50:07 -0700 2008 The narrator (and the reader for that matter) stands outside of the story and makes comments throughout to ...more...]]>
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This story is about a boy named Paul whose Father tells Paul all the stories of adventures that The Bo...more...]]>
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The Coast of Utopia: "Because children grow up, we think a child’s purpose is to grow up. But a child’s purpose is to be a child.... "
Tigerheart is sort of a sequel to Peter Pan, but not really; all the names are changed, alth...more...]]>
51falsefalseSat Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008Wed Jul 02 06:48:49 -0700 2008Wed Jul 16 07:53:20 -0700 2008 David succeeds beautifully at weaving the story...more...]]>
40falsefalseMon Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008Sun Jun 01 20:49:23 -0700 2008Mon Aug 18 18:16:02 -0700 2008 We all know that "the boy"...more...]]>
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50falsefalseTue Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008Tue Sep 16 15:27:05 -0700 2008Tue Sep 16 15:55:55 -0700 2008 TIGERHEART is a re-imagined version of J.M. Barrie's fairytale. All the character...more...]]>
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Peter Pan in Scarlet, which was good, but like I said, I enjoyed this more.
The only thing that detracted from this book for me and made it difficult to read was the asides from the auth...more...]]>
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