Peter and the Starcatchers

Ridley Pearson

Disney Electronic Content, Nov 23, 2010 - Juvenile Fiction - 480 pages

A fast-paced, impossible-to-put-down adventure awaits as the young orphan Peter and his mates are dispatched to an island ruled by the evil King Zarboff. They set sail aboard the Never Land, a ship carrying a precious and mysterious trunk in its cargo hold, and the journey quickly becomes fraught with excitement and danger.

Contents

• I: 1
• The Never Land: 3
• The Second Trunk: 8
• Molly: 18
• The Sea Devil: 31
• Captain Pembridge: 37
• Black Stache in Pursuit: 46
• Peter Ventures Aft: 52
• Adrift in a Dory: 63
• The Rescue: 70
• Black Stache Closes In: 80
• The Messengers: 85
• Angry Words: 91
• The Ladies: 96
• The Alliance: 104
• The Attack: 107
• Bad News: 127
• The Next Target: 130
• The Plan: 135
• The Witchs Broom: 145
• Mollys Story: 150
• The Sighting: 171
• Blackness on the Horizon: 174
• Any Minute: 180
• Overboard: 181
• Into the Sea: 197
• The Return: 202
• Mollys Turn: 206
• Abandon Ship: 209
• A Helping Hand: 214
• The Lagoon: 218
• The Wreck of the Never Land: 221
• Land Ho: 226
• Reunited: 230
• Into the Jungle: 237
• Getting Close: 247
• Heavy Like a Trunk: 250
• The Transformation: 253
• Escape: 255
• Captured: 258
• Well Think of Something: 264
• Its Here: 266
• Visitors: 268
• Parting Ways: 272
• The Watchers: 276
• Something in There: 280
• A Magic Island: 286
• The Law: 290
• Into the Cave: 296
• Eyes in the Dark: 306
• Bird: 309
• Mister Grin: 311
• The Power: 317
• Slanks Plan: 321
• A Close Call: 325
• Capsized: 328
• An Old Friend: 332
• Crossroads: 336
• Ammms Message: 339
• Too Quick for a Cloud Too Big for a Bird: 345
• Crenshaw Returns: 350
• Peters Decision: 354
• Gone Again: 356
• He Surely Will: 359
• Hes Gone Ahead: 366
• The Dream: 368
• As If He Knows Something: 370
• The Bargain: 385
• Reprieve: 391
• Almost There: 394
• A Good Thing: 398
• Change of Plans: 400
• Just Watch: 404
• The Golden Box: 410
• Forever: 417
• Peters Plea: 425
• Attack: 430
• All the Time in the World: 432
• The Last Moment: 440

About the author

Ridley Pearson was born in Glen Cove, New York on March 13, 1953. He was educated at Kansas University and Brown University. In the early 1970s, he was a musician and songwriter for a rock band, eventually writing more than 300 songs and the score for an award-winning documentary. Having honed his craft writing scripts for television shows such as Columbo and Quincy, he turned to writing and published his first novel, Never Look Back, in 1985. His novels include The Angel Maker, No Witnesses, and Beyond Recognition. He has also published many children's books including The Kingdom Keepers series and a series of prequels to Peter Pan written with Dave Barry. His book Peter and the Starcatchers, written with Dave Barry, was adapted into a Broadway play that won 5 Tony Awards. He received the Raymond Chandler Fulbright Fellowship at Oxford University in 1990 and the Missouri Writer Hall of Fame Quill Award Winner in 2013.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Peter and the Starcatchers; Peter and the Starcatchers
• Author: Ridley Pearson
• Illustrated by: Greg Call
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Disney Electronic Content, 2010
• ISBN: 142314094X, 9781423140948
• Length: 480 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General; Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic