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Peter and the Sword of Mercy (Peter and the Starcatchers #4)
The year is 1901--it's been twenty-three years since Peter and the Lost Boys returned from Rundoon. Since then, nobody on the island has grown a day older, and the Lost Boys continue their friendship with the Mollusk tribe, and their rivalry with Captain Hook. Meanwhile in London, Molly has married George Darling and is raising three children: Wendy, Michael, and John. One...more
Hardcover, 515 pages
Published
October 13th 2009
by Hyperion Book CH
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Fourth in the Peter and the Starcatchers fantasy adventures series for children loosely based on J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan.
<h2>My Take</h2>
This was great fun to read as we dipped further into the original Peter Pan's characters with Wendy, John, and Michael Darling although it's really only Wendy who plays an active part.
Some proofreader messed up. Fighting Prawn is suggesting that since the castaways have done such a good job helping the Lost Boys fix up the...more
<h2>My Take</h2>
This was great fun to read as we dipped further into the original Peter Pan's characters with Wendy, John, and Michael Darling although it's really only Wendy who plays an active part.
Some proofreader messed up. Fighting Prawn is suggesting that since the castaways have done such a good job helping the Lost Boys fix up the...more
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I LOVED the first three books in this series and was was SO excited when I heard this was coming out. Once I was a few pages into it however, I was unsure of whether I'd really connect with this book due to Molly being "grown up" and married. I felt sad at times because Peter remembered the girl Molly that he loved and here she was with kids of her own. I have to say that they did an AMAZING job of capturing me just as easily as they did with the first three books. Once Peter had i...more
Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson were not planning to write this book; however because of their fans, they decided to write just one more. Taking place 23 years after Book #3, Molly Astor has grown up and is now known as Mary Darling--married to George Darling and has three children, Wendy, Michael, & John. When one of the original lost boys, James, who decided to "grow up" comes to Molly with disturbing news about the evil others being back after all this time, Molly can't believe it. ...more
Peter and the Sword of Mercy is not world changing literature, but it is an excellent book for its intended audience. For the young, Harry Potter crazed crowd, this book is perfect. Barry and Pearson also do a good job including values such as loyalty, responsibility, and determination in their highly entertaining tale.
Unlike the first three books, Peter and the Sword of Mercy presents the Wendy we know from the traditional Peter Pan. I must say, Barry and Pearson's version of Wen...more
Unlike the first three books, Peter and the Sword of Mercy presents the Wendy we know from the traditional Peter Pan. I must say, Barry and Pearson's version of Wen...more
Hmmmm, I see by the title above that this book was NUMBER 4 IN A SERIES. I HATE it when a book does not clearly state somewhere on the cover or jacket that it's part of a series. But, I was able to read this without any confusion and without suspecting it was even part of a series, so the fact that it stands alone is good. I saw in the "thanks" portion in the book before starting it, that the author had thanked "Disney" and that confused me until I started reading and real...more
This book was just as good as the original trilogy, and made even more fun by the fact that the original cast of characters living in England have aged 23 years while Peter is still a kid. Their meeting up again is both strange and great, but the real dynamic that made me love this book was Peter running into old enemies as well. But as great as that was, I really wish that a new villain had been introduced. Sure there were a few new ones, but the overall big baddy was the same one who's been ha...more
The prequel series to Peter Pan is marvelous. If you like Harry Potter and the Percy Jackson series the story of Pan will not disappoint. All four books take you on a great adventure.
Peter and the Sword of Mercy, the last of the prequel books to the Disney version of Pan, was the best book in the series to date. Barry and Pearson paint a delightful picture of bravery, peril and adventure.
In the latest book, you find yourself 20 years from where were last, after the battl...more
Peter and the Sword of Mercy, the last of the prequel books to the Disney version of Pan, was the best book in the series to date. Barry and Pearson paint a delightful picture of bravery, peril and adventure.
In the latest book, you find yourself 20 years from where were last, after the battl...more
I had thought that the series was finished after The Secret of Rundoon: Barry and Pearson had written three prequels to Peter Pan that explained most of quirks of that story (why the crocodile swallowed a clock, how Peter Pan could fly, etc.), and by the third book, the action was getting a little far from the feeling of the original because most of the backstory had been filled in. This one entirely lacks these “ah-hah!” moments, but it is a welcome return to a largely British setting and the...more
This book was a surprise -- I thought book 3 (Rundoon) was the last in the series. However, having this book certainly makes sense as it makes the final connection between the Starcatchers series and the original Peter Pan.
Happily, this book is also better than the previous book. Book 3 was definitely the weakest link. This book is as good as the first one -- my favorite -- and in some ways is a stronger story, though there's less character development and less dealing with Peter'...more
Happily, this book is also better than the previous book. Book 3 was definitely the weakest link. This book is as good as the first one -- my favorite -- and in some ways is a stronger story, though there's less character development and less dealing with Peter'...more
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The 4th and last book in the series written as a prequel to Peter Pan. This one is written about 25 years after Peter became the flying boy and Neverland was turned into the magical island where you never grow old.
Molly is now grown, married and has children of her own. People have been disappearing from the London Underground and no one in Scotland Yard can figure out why or where they were taken. One of the former Lost Boys, James, believes an evil from the past that they though had...more
Molly is now grown, married and has children of her own. People have been disappearing from the London Underground and no one in Scotland Yard can figure out why or where they were taken. One of the former Lost Boys, James, believes an evil from the past that they though had...more
I liked it and I hope that he will write a fifth, although I really, really doubt it. It basically left off where the original Peter Pan begins. Peter and the Sword of Mercy is a really good book mostly because the heroes are not like most heroes. In most stories, the heroes basically punch the villain in the face, the villain dies, and boom, happy ending. In this story, though, they actually have to do something before they win and they don't just have one problem. They have lots of problems, a...more
I read this series a while ago. It was REALLY good. It provides the background for how Peter Pan and the Lost boys, Captain Hook, Smee and the Pirates got to the island, how Peter got the magic to fly and explains Tinkerbell. It's sort of a prequel to Peter Pan. Except it's so much more. It's an adventure story with excitement and fantasy, brave children and girls who don't just stand back and let boys defend them but who are self-actualizing and equals--despite the time period. I read this ser...more
This was the final book to the Peter and the Starcatchers series. It occurs over 20 years after the previous book. Molly is now married to George Darling and has three children (Wendy, John, and Michael). George has forbidden her to talk about her past life as a Starcatcher and when she is approached by one of the Lost Boys who returned to London with them in the last book she is hesitant to believe the story he is telling her. he has been assigned by Scotland Yard to the palace and saw (and fel...more
Ugh. This book was terrible. At the beginning, it was okay, but it started getting really really REALLY boring in the middle, and by the end I was just skimming through it and I just wanted it to end. I was reading it for more than a month, because I dreaded picking it up and so I wouldn't touch it for weeks and I hated reading it. And when I did read it, if I wasn't skimming, I'd read it really slowly because there was so much freaking long description and it was so boring.
Bleh bleh...more
Bleh bleh...more
It's OK. I like the set-up and plot...but it just seems a little incomplete. Not much actually happens. The ending with Ombra seems awfully similar to the end of Shadow Thieves, but even less closure. Is he just broken apart for a third time? AND...why the heck is the Skeleton never explained? It is hinted that he is someone else from past series, but his identity and powers are frustratingly never explained. Does the lack of explanation and disappearance mean another sequel is coming? I...more
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I really liked this book. Even though it was about the same struggle for the starstuff and the quest to defeat lord Ombra it was different. The story it self was different. There were new characters and they had new powers. Even the aquest to get to the syarstuff had an evil and interesting twist. The sarstuff was already on earth. And the Others got to it first. It seemed like the forces of good were going to lose but in the end, like all fantasy stories end, they got the starstuff ba...more
There's always a bit of bittersweet nostalgia in the Peter Pan story. For both the boy who never grows up, and his childhood friends who will, adventures only last so long before they quelled by grown up responsibilities and boring-ness. Luckily, Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson expertly navigate this emotional quagmire with this 4th installment in the Starcatchers series. It's been 23 years since the Secret of Rundoon (bk 3) events left Molly and former lost boys James and Ted in London to grow...more
This is a follow-up ending to the Starcatcher's series because readers wanted more. Although it is almost as enjoyable as the the other books in the series, it didn't have the same punch for me and you can tell this book wasn't part of the original plan. In this book, Molly and George are grown and in trouble. Peter has his first encounter with Wendy in order to help her find her parents. Rather than reading this series, I have listened to them on CD because I love the way Jim Dale reads the...more
These books (this one was the fourth) tell the story of how Peter became Peter. I really enjoyed the first three – mostly because of the female protagonist Molly, who is a delightful girl – fiery, smart, and brave. In the fourth book, Molly is all grown up and mother to, who else, Wendy. While Peter was still his youthful self, I missed young Molly. Wendy was fine as a character, but nowhere near as memorable. I liked the book, but was a bit annoyed that it brought back old, dead enemies, instea...more
23 years after PETER AND THE SECRET OF RUNDOON, it is now 1901 in our story, when James one of the original Lost Boys who returned to London, contacts Molly informing her that the believes the heir to the throne is under the influence of shadow creatures, when now married to George Darling with there three kids, Wendy, John, Micheal. She goes off to research these claims and goes missing as well, but not before informing Wendy about the Starcatchers. Wendy goes off to look for Peter to help her ...more
Twenty-three years after the original three Starcatchers books, this one takes plae in 1901. Peter is sill living on Mollusk Island, and he the islanders are trying to figure out what to do with three suspicious men who were stranded on the island.
Meanwhile, Molly is trying to figure out what happened to her old friend James, when he mysteriously disappeared. Before she knows it, she is captured, and the whole mystery is left to her 11 year old daughter, Wendy, to solve alone. A...more
Meanwhile, Molly is trying to figure out what happened to her old friend James, when he mysteriously disappeared. Before she knows it, she is captured, and the whole mystery is left to her 11 year old daughter, Wendy, to solve alone. A...more
Peter and the Sword of Mercy is the fourth book in the Peter Pan series by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. It continues the adventures of Peter, the immortal youth of Neverland. This aspect is felt more keenly in the book as Molly, his friend from the previous three books is now grown up and married. The reality of Peter's eternal youth hits home to him when he Meets Wendy, Molly's daughter.
The writing style is still as fluid and easy to read as past editions but the book comes up lac...more
The writing style is still as fluid and easy to read as past editions but the book comes up lac...more
I really liked this book. It was full of adventure and fun little stories. If you like adventure read this book. It is full of small adventurous things that characters do. For example, Wendy needs to talk to Peter so she steals her uncle's contraption and flies to Neverland on it using star stuff. Peter is a great character, he is always ready to help and he is very brave. Although, he does have some inner conflict with fear. He has a little fairy friend, named Tink, who thinks is boss and her w...more
This isn't really book #4, it's kind of like a long epilogue to the original trilogy. I think it was really interesting because it shows Peter 23 years later. I always thought that never growing old would be a bad thing, because you would watch all your friends grow up while you always stayed the same. That problem is addressed in this book because Peter has to deal with the fact that Wendy and his other friends are all in their thirties, and he's still an eleven-year-old boy.
Now I hope...more
Now I hope...more
Delightful is the best word I can come up with, if I had to use just one to describe "Peter and the Sword of Mercy". Barry and Pearson have gotten even better as they have continued this series, though they started out so well it just a small improvement. As they weave in elements of the original Peter Pan story, setting it more in sci-fi than fantasy mode, the explanations of events unfold in their own, unique way and style. I was pleased to have the book end with a wrap on the win...more
A lady in my ward has a last name that comes right after mine, alphabetically speaking, so when Tyler was picking up my books that I had on hold at the library, he told me that Adrianne was reading the Peter and the Starcatchers books. I asked her about it when we went over to her house for dessert and games and she mentioned she was excited to read all four. All FOUR? What's this? Sure enough, due to popular demand, the authors wrote a fourth book and it's every bit exciting and great as th...more
It's been fun to read this series and to sit back and listen while Dave Barry explains how Peter and the Lost Boys got to Neverland island, how Peter came to fly, where Tinkerbell came from, how Hook and the pirates got to the island, why no one ages on the island, and how Peter met and befriended the natives. About the only thing not explained is why in the Disney cartoon does Peter wear green tights. Maybe I don't want that explanation. Sword of Mercy is a fun story and chronicles Peter's intr...more
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