Peter and the Starcatchers, Dave Barry
Peter and the Starcatchers, Dave Barry
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Peter and the Starcatchers

Author: Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson

Narrator: Jim Dale

Unabridged: 8 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/16/2017

Synopsis

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. Bestselling authors Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson have turned back the clock and revealed a wonderful story that precedes J. M. Barrie’s beloved Peter Pan. Peter and the Starcatchers is brimming with richly developed characters from the scary but somehow familiar Black Stache and the ferocious Mister Grin to the sweet but sophisticated Molly and the fearless Peter. Riveting adventure takes listeners on a journey from a harsh orphanage in old England to a treacherous sea in a decrepit old tub. Aboard the Never Land is a trunk that holds a magical substance with the power to change the fate of the world—just a sprinkle and wounds heal and just a dusting and people can fly.Towering seas and a violent storm are the backdrop for battles at sea. Bone-crushing waves eventually land our characters on Mollusk Island—where the action really heats up.

About Dave Barry

Dave Barry is the author of more bestsellers than you can count on two hands, including Swamp Story, Lessons from Lucy, Dave Barry’s Complete Guide to Guys, Dave Barry Turns Forty, and Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up. A wildly popular syndicated columnist best known for his booger jokes, Barry won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. He lives in Miami.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Billy on March 05, 2008

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......more

Goodreads review by emma on June 28, 2021

honestly pretty unhinged that i thought to mark this as read, considering my reading it = my fifth grade teacher reading it aloud to us in like 15 minute installments for months on end, but i stand by it. i was an attentive listener and a teacher's pet from birth. this book is fun and good when a tea......more

Goodreads review by Sara on April 24, 2018

Süße Story und tolles Abenteuerbuch - aber eher für jüngere Leser. Werde die Bücher meinem kleinen Bruder schenken, der damit sicherlich mehr Freude haben wird als ich. Breche die Reihe damit erstmal ab.......more

Goodreads review by Louie the Mustache on March 30, 2024

If you ever asked yourself how Peter Pan became what he became; then Peter and the Starcatchers Book #1 of the prequel series to the J. M. Barrie books would begin to answer that question. To be honest the cover was what drew my attention: a pirate right there in a cinematic Dutch angle in front of......more

Goodreads review by Debbie on October 12, 2007

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......more

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