Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Peter and the Starcatchers
Book Review: You must read this book!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is clever, exciting, well-written and completely entrancing from the first page to the last. Great characterisation, fantastic characters and creatures and a brilliant plot.Book Review: 5 star read
Summary: 5 Stars
Found the book thoroughly entertaining and my 10 year old enjoyed it immensely, fininshing in record time. Don't want to put too much as it my spoil the read.Book Review: Fantastic!
Summary: 5 Stars
I picked this book up out of a box of children's books at work just for something to read and I was gripped from the very beginning. This is a brilliant book from beginning to end. It tells the story of Peter Pan before he became the Peter Pan read about in the classic book. It delves deeper into the background of the character coming up with reasons for why Peter can fly, why he has Tink, why he doesn't grow any older....It's a truly good read and I'm looking forward to the next one.Book Review: Truly Amazing..!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was in abook club, back at school and we went to meet various auuthors and ask them question and gte out books sighned and when we were told that we were going to meet Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson i was over joyed ..
First i had bought the book an read it faster then i have ever read any other, and i was just so into the book that i couldnt put it down! not even to have a sip of orange juice..
The book is the prequel to Peter Pan its self and it tells you about how peter can fly, how captain hook got a hook instead of a hand..dont want to say too much otherwise it will spoil it but i cant wait 4 the next one...
When i met Dave and Ridley i asked them "how did u cum up with the hole idea of writing the prequel to perter pan and what was ur inspiration/motivation that made you right this?"
dave just replied "well one night when i was reading my daughter Peter Pan , she closed the book and asked, Daddy..how did peter learn to fly how did captain hook get a hook instead of a hand? and then i just new that there would be thousands of other children out there asking the same question and i wanted to answer all these questions in one book."
if u dont beleive me check the first few pages of the book where it says For... and there will be her name..
so overall a great book.. its a must have just like al the other PSP'S GAMEBOYS and Ipods I just no it will be a big hit!
Book Review: Courtesy of Teens Read Too
Summary: 5 Stars
It's always interesting, at least to me, to read a book that is the retelling of a beloved childhood tale. Whether it be a retold fairy tale such as Snow White or Sleeping Beauty, or a classic such as Peter Pan, these new spins on old stories usually fall into one of two categories--terribly bad remakes, or truly amazing, imaginative stories with new twists. Thankfully, authors Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson have turned PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS into the latter.
In this rendering, Peter is an orphan about the ship Never Land. He's become the leader of sorts to the other young orphans who have been sold into slavery to King Zarboff the Third, evil ruler of Rundoon. Not long after Peter and his boys board the boat, he meets Molly Aster. The fourteen-year old daughter of the new Ambassador of Rundoon is unlike any other girl Peter has ever met. Actually, the only other girl he remembers seeing in a very long time was the daughter of the Headmaster of St. Norbert's Home for Wayward Boys.
Peter's increasing infatuation with Molly is challenged when she lets him in on a secret--she is an apprentice Starcatcher, one who guards the magical starstuff from the Others who would use it to do harm. Starstuff is magic that, when it falls to Earth, it brings about increased intelligence, happiness, and even the ability to fly. Although Peter is, at first, quite skeptical of Molly and her Starcatcher business, he soon learns that she's being nothing but truthful.
Add to the story the dreaded Pirate Black Stache and the evil pirate crew of the ship the Sea Devil, and you have an interesting story. Throw in the a shipwreck, a missing cargo of starstuff, mermaids, a flying crocodile, and island dwellers that just may be cannibals, and the story goes from interesting to amazing. This is a remarkable retelling, or possibly even a prequel, to the well known story of Peter Pan. Kudos to both Mr. Barry and Mr. Pearson for a highly entertaining and thoroughly engrossing read!
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