Saturday, October 25, 2008
Peter and the Starcatchers
Peter and the Starcatchers is a book that will make you laugh and keep you turning pages. This is Dave Barry's story of Peter Pan, prior to the classic story. How did Peter get to Never Land anyway? On the ship, The Never Land, of course! Peter is brave, but not quite so confident as he is in the original book - more genuine here. We also meet a strong, smart girl, named Molly, who is an apprentice star-catcher - she also is learning how to speak to porpoises. The author gently weaves in more modern beliefs - the Indians on the island have a strong anti-immigration policy - they feed all foreigners to the crocodile because they know that no matter how much the intruders promise that they won't hurt the Indians, they always do. To find out more about what happened to Peter before he became Peter Pan, you MUST read Peter and the Starcatchers. (5th grade and up).
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Thought fun, the Barry/Pearson books have MANY mistakes from J.M. Barrie's original stories. They're more like a prequel to the Disney movie, but they seem to contradict that, too.
For the only Peter Pan adventure that's true to Barrie and based on his idea for more, check out:
http://www.peterpansneverworld.com/
BELIEVE!
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