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Peter and the Starcatchers

(Peter and the Starcatchers #1)

Dave Barry,

Ridley Pearson

Greg Call (Illustrations)

4.03 · Rating details · 67,294 ratings · 4,708 reviews

In an evocative and fast-paced adventure on the high seas and on a faraway island, an orphan boy named Peter and his mysterious new friend, Molly, overcome bands of pirates and thieves in their quest to keep a fantastical secret safe and save the world from evil. Best-selling authors Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson have turned back the clock to reveal the wonderful story tha ...more

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Published May 1st 2006 by Disney-Hyperion (first published January 9th 2004)

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Feb 23, 2008 Billy rated it really liked it

Pulitzer Prize winning humorist Dave Barry, best selling mystery writer Ridley Pearson, and illustrator Greg Call have combined their talents to create a series of prequels to the J.M. Barrie classic Peter Pan. This is the first of those stories.

Let me start my little review by saying that this book is so fun, exciting, and enjoyable that I have completely forgotten (almost) the creepy feeling I felt as a 42 year old man wandering around the children's section of the library looking for it.

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Sep 01, 2011 Madeline rated it really liked it

Shelves: kids-and-young-adult, the-movie-is-better, fantasy

*Reviewer's Note: obviously, there isn't a movie version of this book (yet, anyway - they're supposedly working on one, which will probably be terrible but I'll save that rant for later) so once again I have to put a book on my The Movie Is Better shelf because I can't be bothered to create a shelf titled The Stage Adaptation Is Better. Just keep in mind that if that shelf existed, this book would be there*

First, Some Background: (for review of actual book, please skip ahead to paragraph four) S ...more

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Apr 18, 2019 Martin rated it really liked it

Shelves: recently-reviewed, childrens, fantasy, humour, travel

Peter Pan - the prequel
See;
Never land,
the Pirates,
the Mermaids,
the Indians,
the Lost Boys,
the Crocodile,
the creation of Captain Hook,
and Tinkerbell!

To sea...
Cyrus Pembridge, the Never Land’s captain, was widely regarded as the most incompetent man to command a ship since the formation of water.

“Who in the name of common sense would put to sea on that ship with that man in charge?” wondered Mack.

“Well,” Alf answered, “we are.”

“True,” Mack said. “But nobody else’d hire the likes of us.”

Dinner on bo ...more

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Apr 10, 2012 Michael Fierce rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Recommends it for: fans of Peter Pan

Shelves: fairies, childrens-book, fantasy, pirates, peter-pan, ocean-related

Sometimes I think I am Peter Pan because if growing up means you have to put down or put away the things you've loved since you were a kid then I can tell you I don't want to grow up. Not now. Not ever. Never. Ever.

I planned to read the original classic one day, having always been a fan of the Disney animated cartoon version growing up, that forever connected me to Peter Pan, Captain Hook, Wendy and all the wonderful characters and places associated with Kensington Gardens and Neverland. I couldn't find a version that had a cover I really wanted so I thought I'd hold out until I found just the right one.

Then, one day, I saw the 2003 film version directed by P.J. Hogan, and though I'll probably get eaten by a crocodile for saying this, I think it's far superior to any version before it and any that will follow. The minute the movie ended, a craving to read more Peter Pan gnawed at me until I finally picked up Peter and the Starcatchers.

Peter and the Starcatchers was a little different than what I was expecting. A bit of the background and history of the original Peter Pan had been reworked but it didn't matter because this book was still a lot of fun, clever, action-packed, spiritually rewarding, and even answered a few questions along the way.

It continued my interest and appreciation for everything I loved about Peter Pan in the first place.

I plan to read the entire series and am so glad writers of this calibre are continuing the myth and magic that is Peter Pan, who made his first appearance in 1902! ...more

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Oct 12, 2007 Debbie rated it it was amazing

Recommends it for: for fans of harry potter?

Shelves: audio, 4th-6th_grade, fantasy

Loved it. Great fantasy. prequel to peter pan. grades late 4th - 8. Grade 5-9–This prequel to Peter Pan refers as much to the 1953 animated Disney film as to J. M. Barrie's original play and novel. The early chapters introduce the archetypal antagonists: Peter, leader of a group of orphan boys being sent into slavery aboard the Never Land, and Black Stache, a fearsome pirate who commands a villainous crew. New characters include Molly Aster and her father. Molly, at 14, is an apprentice Starcatc ...more

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Feb 01, 2008 Janssen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, 2007, children

I love Dave Barry. My parents both adore Dave Barry, as does my grandmother, and they've been reading or handing off various columns and books of his to me for as long as I can remember. I've read practically every column he's ever written and most of his books. For some reason, though, I've never read his novels, Big Trouble and Tricky Business. I love his non-fiction columns, so I was less interested in his fictional books. Then, when I went home for Christmas, my brother was reading the secon ...more

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Sep 26, 2007 Lissa rated it liked it

I picked this book up in the airport on my way to South Africa because I thought it looked a bit Harry Potter-esque. I knew it was a book for children, but it had a heft similar to the Harry Potter books, and I was looking for something light and fast to read. Sometimes, for plane reading, I don't want something heavy and ponderous - just something that will keep my attention and interest for long enough to get from here to there. Unfortunately, the heft of the book and the magical subject matte I picked this book up in the airport on my way to South Africa because I thought it looked a bit Harry Potter-esque. I knew it was a book for children, but it had a heft similar to the Harry Potter books, and I was looking for something light and fast to read. Sometimes, for plane reading, I don't want something heavy and ponderous - just something that will keep my attention and interest for long enough to get from here to there. Unfortunately, the heft of the book and the magical subject matter are about where the similarities between Peter and the Starcatchers and Harry Potter end.

Peter and the Starcatchers is a sort of prequel to Peter Pan. It tells the story of how Peter went from being an orphan in London to becoming Peter Pan. In fact, one of the most interesting aspects of the story is seeing how each of the players in the Peter Pan story that most people know comes into the scene. At the beginning of the book, Peter and four other orphans from St. Norbert's in London (the future Lost Boys, of course) are loaded onto the ship, the "Never Land" sailing for the country of Rundoon. They are to be sold into service for the evil King of Rundoon, King Zarboff the Third. On the boat, Peter sees a mysterious magical trunk loaded, and makes the aquaintance of a young girl named Molly who is perhaps not all that she seems. Meanwhile, the evil pirate Black Stache (the future Captain Hook, of course) plans to the steal the magical trunk for his own use. Much of the rest of the book is a comedy of errors as each of the factions tries to get a hold of the trunk. There are, of course, other side adventures including some savages (the indians?), a lagoon full of mermaids, and a gigantic crocodile.

The book is a great children's book, but unlike Harry Potter, it does not transcend the genre. As an adult, I found the action to be pretty thin, the plot and the writing very simiplistic and not particularly thought provoking. As a children's book, I think it has a lot of things going for it, including a good length. As seven or eight year old, I think I would have enjoyed this book immensely. In thinking about the books I loved as a child (A Wrinkle in Time, The Dark is Rising series, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle -- all of which I read around grade 3 or 4), this is definitely less intricate and thought provoking. But for a younger child - even one where it's still necessary to read books aloud, this would be good. I think it would be especially good for young boys who don't have the young adult series like The Babysitter's Club enticing them to read. ...more

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Feb 18, 2009 Travis rated it did not like it

Shelves: sf-fantasy

If you are going to write a prequel and explain everything about a book considered a 'classic' than at least come up up with something better than this.
Somehow two fairly talented writers got together and managed to suck most of the fun and magic out of Peter Pan.
That takes effort.

The explaination of how NeverLand came to be is on a level of feeble right up there with George Lucas deciding the Force is caused by alien germs.

The only character I liked was the pirate that eventually becomes Captai ...more

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Feb 24, 2008 Morgan rated it liked it

Recommends it for: everyone wanting a little adventure

Recommended to Morgan by: Mom

Shelves: magical-fiction, children-s

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This was a really cute story. It's a prequel to Peter Pan that starts at the very beginning...before Wendy, before Never Land, and when Captain Hook had no hook.

I had tried reading this book a couple times, but could never get past chapter 5 or so. It was just a bit too slow...However, my mom-in-law lent me these books forever ago, and I felt I needed to read them and return them. :) So that's what I did!

It still took me awhile to get into this book. The main problem (and reason I gave it 3 sta ...more

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Nov 28, 2008 JP Seabury rated it really liked it

Shelves: julians-bookshelf

I have vague childhood memories of the tale of Peter Pan and Wendy, which probably come more from the Disney movie than any books that might have been read to me as a child. But from what I remember, it was one of those stories that starts in the middle of some other story.

You don't know, for instance, how Peter Pan came to be a boy who could fly, or never grow-up. You don't know how it is that he lives on an island with the Lost Boys, a tribe of "Indians", and his arch-nemesis, Captain Hook.

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Apr 18, 2008 Cindy rated it really liked it

Recommends it for: children, families, Disney fans

Recommended to Cindy by: book club

Shelves: children

This was chosen as a book club read for me, and my initial reaction to the selection was "Oh, no. Not another Peter Pan story." I was pleasantly surprised at this "prequel" series. It is definitely recommended for kids, but I enjoyed it myself. I thought the ideas of how Pater Pan and his friends came to be was quite creative. For any audio book fans, this is read by Jim Dale of Harry Potter fame. Just like in Rowling's books, Dale is fabulous at reading these stories. The book (and its sequels) ...more

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Mar 01, 2018 عمران ابن مصر rated it liked it

Shelves: sweet

This book deserve 3 stars
Really fantastic
I decide to rate 5 stars but when press the golden stars i check 3 stars

My favorite character, Peter, was portrayed differently than his Disney, film and novel counterparts (He also isn’t explicitly called “Peter Pan” either), but he was still the boastful yet playful and free-spirited character that audiences have come to love.
His developing relationship with Molly was truly a treasure to read as it unfolded, and despite being new characters, I grew ...more

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Aug 20, 2019 jessica rated it really liked it

Shelves: middle-grade-2019-challenge

that was an entertaining read.
RTC

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Apr 15, 2019 Justin rated it liked it

My students read this out loud over the past few months before we see the stage adaptation. It lagged in areas but other parts were engaging and exciting. A nice addition to the Peter Pan lore.

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May 31, 2012 Joe Hunt rated it did not like it

This book is horrible.

(Full disclosure: once upon a time, I thought Dave Barry was funny -- in the 80's -- so not a total hater.)

But I'm a huge J.M. Barrie fan (or Johnny Depp-as-J.M. Barrie).

p.s. I read it -- b/c I heard on comingsoon: they're going to make it into a movie.

Read the real Peter Pan alongside it -- I was doing that -- and you'll feel totally insulted.

The original...We've all seen the Disney cartoon (and the legend is so big), so we think we know it. But no.

It's so well-written. E ...more

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Nov 15, 2016 Peter rated it it was amazing

This book by Dave Barry is very similar to the original Peter Pan But has more action and includes more info. It tells the adventure of Peter and his friends (all of whom are orphaned) on their journey across the sea while being chased by the most dreaded pirate in history: Black stache. I would recommend this book to fans of Peter Pan and other book like that.

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Jul 24, 2013 Wart Hill rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ya-scifi-fantasy

I'm not entirely sure what to say about this book. I enjoyed it, it was fun...but I felt oddly distanced from the characters and the story. I never felt fully invested. I don't know if that was just a me thing or if it was the book, but even so I did manage to get all the way through. And it was a nice, fun read.

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Dec 22, 2017 Liz B rated it it was ok

Shelves: book-on-tape, fantasy, library, yakids

What a slog this was to get through, in spite of Jim Dale's wonderful-as-always narration. My husband said that Dale's contribution primarily made it obvious how inferior this book was to the Harry Potter series. We finished it, though...months after starting.

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Jun 02, 2017 Totoro rated it really liked it

Shelves: have-the-audiobook

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. well, there are some mixed feelings towards this book, at first,if you'd noticed, "i really wanted" it, paper back or electronic, didn't matter. after i got it, i was still really excited being a peter pan fan and also i really love sea adventures , pirates, fairies and all that, so i started the book head over hills.

everything about the book, though except for the term "starstuff" instead of "fairy powder", was fine. i honestly don't know what went wrong between me and this book, maybe i don't well, there are some mixed feelings towards this book, at first,if you'd noticed, "i really wanted" it, paper back or electronic, didn't matter. after i got it, i was still really excited being a peter pan fan and also i really love sea adventures , pirates, fairies and all that, so i started the book head over hills.

everything about the book, though except for the term "starstuff" instead of "fairy powder", was fine. i honestly don't know what went wrong between me and this book, maybe i don't like adaptations, it was my first time anyway.

peter was great, explanations about the characters were obvious and to the point, the characters were a little too many, sometimes i lost track of the many names and how i've had pictured them the first time. the background for the Lockness monster bit was funny XD

and to my most favorite part which would take 2 stars out of the 4 :the audio book with Jim Dale's voice, once again i felt like i was traveling through harry potter with him, it was magical and wonderful, thank you Mr. Dale ^ ^

بعنوان کسی که عشق داستانای مربوط به دزدای دریایی و پیترپنه این کتاب یکم ناامیدم کرد دلیلش برا خودمم کامل مشخص نیست. داستان عالی بود و یجورایی وقایع قبل از داستان اصلی پیترپن رو میگفت به نظرم یکم هم دزدان دریایی کارائیب داشت توش . یخورده شخصیت زیاد داشت به نظرم و گاهی وقتا .بعضی هاشونو فراموش میکردم. ویادم میرفت بار اول چه شکلی تصورشون کزده بودم دزدای دریایی دقیقا همون کارتونی وخنده دار میومدن تو ذهنم. پیترش نسبت به پیتر اصلی آقای بری یکم نایس تر بود به نظرم. وازونجایی که کتاب صوتیشم گوش کردم با صدای آقای جیم دیل. عاااااااالی بود از خود کتاب میتونم بگم لذتش بیشتر بود برام ...more

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Feb 21, 2019 Lila Kims added it

I read this YEARS ago and don't remember much, so I can't rate it, but I have to re-read it and then read the rest of the books because what I am doinggggg this is an entire Peter Pan retelling SERIES! (yes, this required a run-on sentence)

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Jun 06, 2019 John of Canada rated it really liked it

Shelves: made-me-laugh, adventure, art, fantasy

Lots of fun.Barry,Ridley Pearson and Gregg Call,artist have joined up to produce the definitive back story of Peter Pan.Some old favourites;Smee but no Captain Hook...or is there?Dark,scary,funny,a fairy.Read this book.

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May 06, 2018 Jenny rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2018-bookshelves

This was a fun adventure! So this is sort of a Peter Pan retelling/prequel of the original story. Basically this story tells us how Peter Pan was created. Fun adventure, and felt very true to the original Peter Pan. I really liked it!

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Nov 29, 2017 J. Bookish rated it really liked it

I’m a sucker for all things Peter Pan.

I wanted to read this because I was interested in the play, but I don’t enjoy reading scripts so I thought “hey, source material!”.

I think this was incredibly inventive prequel to a very well-loved story. It could have gone horribly wrong, but it only served to make me love the characters even more.

The writing was not my favorite. A bit choppy. The chapters were very short and bounced around quite a lot; perhaps more than necessary. It is an MG novel, tho ...more

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Mar 24, 2014 Dave Revere rated it really liked it

Pirates and magic? Flying and stars? I was in before I even opened the book. Peter and the Starcatchers is a wonder-filled origin story for J.M. Barrie’s famous boy who never grew up. Peter Pan has always been the character with whom I most identify in fiction. His eternal dilemma between remaining static in the joys of boyhood and embarking on the greater adventure of growing up is ever poignant as I find myself becoming more proactive to prevent my own childlike sensibilities from slipping awa Pirates and magic? Flying and stars? I was in before I even opened the book. Peter and the Starcatchers is a wonder-filled origin story for J.M. Barrie’s famous boy who never grew up. Peter Pan has always been the character with whom I most identify in fiction. His eternal dilemma between remaining static in the joys of boyhood and embarking on the greater adventure of growing up is ever poignant as I find myself becoming more proactive to prevent my own childlike sensibilities from slipping away.

This book, though, is not that metaphor. This book is a rip-roaring, page-turning, joke-stuffed adventure. From the very first page, where we learn that Peter is the undisputed leader of a gang of boys because he can spit the farthest, we settle into the boyish tone of this tale.

The adventure begins when Peter and the other orphan boys are sold to a ship called the Never Land whose first mate plans to deliver them as slaves for an evil king. Peter soon meets a mysterious girl named Molly. We learn from her, after Peter discovers a trunk of glowing green stuff, the central notion of the plot. Starstuff is a magical substance that falls to Earth every so often, imparting a sense of joy, the ability to fly and numerous other powers to whoever possesses it. The down side is if it falls into the wrong hands, those powers could corrupt and destroy our world. Molly belongs to a secret society sworn to safeguard the starstuff, and there are plenty of wrong hands which the two of them must prevent it from falling into.

Mystery writer Ridley Pearson and humorist Dave Barry infuse this book with richly-developed, laugh-out-loud characters. Peter is brave and kind, yet bull-headed and obsessed with Molly’s opinion of him. Black Stache is a greasy, foul-breathed villain with a foot-long mustache and a knack for naval warfare. The colorful verbal abuse which he rains down on Smee, his inept first mate, is made more hilarious by the fact that Smee seems strangely immune to any actual consequences for his bungling. The boys each have a quirk of their own, and Molly is the kind of girl who’s smarter than everyone in the room and knows it. I admire how thoroughly the authors mine each personality for humor. Laughs are sprinkled in every chapter with simple, character-coloring interjections like this one: “‘All right, then,’ said Alf, who was not one to ask questions when two bob was involved.”

Most memorable for me, though – the passages which really engaged my inner-boy, were those which described characters suffused in starstuff. Moments without trouble are rare in an adventure, and when they do come, they’re usually the boring parts. Here, though, we’re treated to imaginative descriptions of joy tethered to the physical details of flying. Mix that into hilarious scenarios involving unlikely flying things, and you have some of the most exhilarating and unique sections of the book.

The authors do a nice job of explaining how Peter came to be the character we know, as well as building a setting familiar to us as the Neverland of Barrie’s story. I’m not sure if we needed to know these things. I tend to think Peter Pan loses a bit of his symbolic and connecting magic when his world and back story are so thoroughly explained. The authors do a nice job, however, of describing the changes Peter undergoes with a bittersweet sense of the inevitable consequences to come. We feel the immortal struggle of Peter Pan beginning to dawn. In any case, I don’t think most boys will want to read this for its full accounting of Peter’s origins so much as for the fact that it is a hilarious adventure which I defy you to put down. It’s chapters are short and stuffed with battles, pirates, creatures and magic. More than thatl, Peter and the Starcatchers left me yearning for starstuff of my own! ...more

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Sep 21, 2011 Kathy Davie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: children, fantasy

First in the Peter and the Starcatchers middle-grade fantasy series loosely based upon Peter Pan, the Lost Boys, and Neverland.

My Take
At last! The "true story" behind Peter Pan, mermaids, centaurs, and sea monsters! Actually Barry and Pearson have been ingenious in using the Peter Pan tale to create their own middle-grade fantasy, and it is quite an adventure from the start of the tale to the end of this installment. The authors have cleverly explained most of the highlights of the Peter Pan sto ...more

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Apr 23, 2013 Tasasha Battle rated it really liked it

Shelves: reading-like-a-writer

In my placement my teacher choose to read to the students, as a relaxing fun literature for the end of the year, a book named Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. On my first glance at the book I assumed that it would be too advanced and confusing to read aloud to the students. However, when my teacher begun to read the students froze and was glued with their mouths open to the book’s content. From there I realized the value of reading to your students. Additionally, in o In my placement my teacher choose to read to the students, as a relaxing fun literature for the end of the year, a book named Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. On my first glance at the book I assumed that it would be too advanced and confusing to read aloud to the students. However, when my teacher begun to read the students froze and was glued with their mouths open to the book’s content. From there I realized the value of reading to your students. Additionally, in one reading my teacher caught me in the same stare of amazement as the students. I could not believe that the book I did not want my teacher to read had me entwine like the students. Needless to say, I bought the book the same week and read it with my class. Keeping in mind my “Reading like a Writer” project I discovered that Barry and Pearson used a craft that I appreciated because it is done so well. This craft I calls transitional cutting. The authors would have two stories or scenes going on at the same time with little confusion to the reader when transitioning between them. Thinking about including that craft in my writings would be challenging, on the other hand, when Barry and Pearson executes this craft it actually adds drama to the piece. I got help with the name of the craft from Fletcher chapter nine, “Its About Time.” I thought that this craft could be a form of “cutting” with “focusing on a narrow slice of time” but I did not feel that the authors removed information or took a single scene and focused on it in great detail. Both scenes where told in great detail that the reader could conclude that the authors felt that its contents are important to the story. So, that is why I came up with transitioning cutting. One example of where this craft is used is when Peter comes up with a plan to return to the cargo hold where he discovered an unusually acting trunk with Slank while Captain Scott and Smeed discussed in the captain quarters the new name of the ship Neitherland. Barry and Pearson told both of these scenes in detail at the same time in a transitional cutting way. When Peter had to make noise to twist the lock off the door made the reader nervous, however you knew that they went unnoticed due to the fact that the reader also knows that the captain and first mate where securely in the captain quarters. To move back and forth between these scenes with such clarity forced the reader to become part of the story and feel the nerviness between Peter and Slank down in the cargo hold. Moreover, this strategy of transitional cutting would be beneficial to teach to my students to improve their writings. I would use this book as a mentor text to read to my students to discover how Barry and Pearson use it to tell the story of Peter and the starcatchers. As a mini lesson I would read my own story with two scenes to the class and let them practice the craft with the thoughts of Barry, Pearson and the teacher as examples. ...more

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Feb 15, 2013 Keith Moser rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction, 5-stars, young-adult

Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson have created a fascinating prequel to the Peter Pan story we're all very familiar with in Peter and the Starcatchers.

I saw the Tony-award winning play Thanksgiving weekend last year and was blown away with its awesomeness.

(For those who don't know, this novel was adapted into a play that premiered in California, opened Off-Broadway and ran for just under a year with over 300 performances on Broadway. The VERY imaginative play and won the Tony Award for Best Feature ...more

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Feb 24, 2014 Carol rated it really liked it

Where exactly did Peter Pan come from? How come he never ages? Just when did he and Tinkerbell meet?

Ever wonder? So did Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. They took it further - hence Peter and the Starcatchers!

The story begins with Peter and four other orphan boys placed on board a ship - the Never Land. The accommodations are wretched, the voyage even more so. Peter discovers a locked, guarded trunk with strange properties. A girl his age, Molly, seems to be the only other passenger aware of this ...more

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Jul 29, 2014 AH rated it it was ok

Shelves: audio-book, blue, historical, magic, free-downloads, retellings, young-adult, pirates, zzread-aug-2014

Sync audio free download week of July 3, 2014.

About 2.0 stars to 2.5 stars. Probably a better entertainment value for younger readers, Peter and the Starcatchers was a bit of a disappointment for me. I don't mind retellings, but this one just annoyed me a tad. It could be the narrator's voice - he was OK for most of the story, however he did do some truly cringe-worthy voices for some of the characters and I guess that put me off.

In any case, this is a retelling of Peter Pan and goes back to t ...more

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Mar 25, 2016 Ray rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy

I'm a sucker for anything "Peter Pan". The animated Disney film in 1953 is the first movie I can ever remember seeing in a theater, and I saw it 10 times over 2 days! I've seen just about every version there is, and even read the original book by James M. Barrie. "Peter and the Starcatchers"was the basis of the hit Broadway production back in 2012. I somehow managed to miss that one, but I highly recommend the book. It's a treat! Full of adventure, lots of action and a wry sense of humor, it ba ...more

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Dave Barry is a humor columnist. For 25 years he was a syndicated columnist whose work appeared in more than 500 newspapers in the United States and abroad. In 1988 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. Many people are still trying to figure out how this happened.
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