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"* "Fantastic fun." The Guardian * "Peter Pan fans will find much to like in a what-if scenario that plays respectful tribute to the original." Publisher's Weekly"
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Discover the origins of Peter Pan in this swashbuckling tale, full of black and white illustrations! When Peter, along with his fellow orphans, boards the Never Land, it is only the start of his adventures. Befriending Molly, he discovers a treasure chest of starstuff - the most magical substance ever known to man. Peter and Molly must stop it falling into the hands of a dastardly (but eerily familiar) pirate and his murderous crew. Shipwrecked, helped by mermaids, captured by savages and attacked by a giant crocodile - will they ever succeed?
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Don't get me wrong. I like this book. In what concerns adventure and action, it's very good. But trying to explain the fantasy of Neverland and Peter Pan through Science Fiction wasn't the best way to explain things. The authors take all the imagination and childlike dreaming out of the equation through the use of the so called Starstuff. It makes people and objects fly, creates strange beings...but how, for instance do you explain fairy-dust? And the way J.M. Barrie tells of the beggining of Fairies? Peter is unable to grow? Barrie tells that he chooses not to, rather than being forced into it. Don't bring Neverland into Reality, mr. Dave Barry. You'll take the best part out of it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It was an easy and fairy decent read but the reason I give it little praise is because it's as if Barry and Pearson have never read J.M Barrie's classic. The characters and all wrong. Hook (or `Black Moustache' as he is poorly named) has no sense of his usual `good form', and Peter has no charisma whatsoever. I could list all the things wrong with this `prequel' but it would be one long list. It's a shame adults always feel the need to rationalise and explain everything. The story lacks imagination and, quite frankly, a plot. The entire story surrounds several flat and tediously written characters chasing a chest, over many many chapters. Do the writers not remember all the adventures Peter could have in one single day? I do not recommend this to any Peter Pan fan, not that anything will beat the original anyway.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
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.
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