Publication date 2004 Media type Print ( & ) Pages 452 (hardcover edition) PZ7.B278 Pe 2004 Followed by Peter and the Starcatchers is a best-selling that was published by, a subsidiary of, in 2004. Written by and, the book provides a backstory for the character, and serves as a prequel to 's novel. It was illustrated by artist. The book is followed by three sequels, also set before the famous adventure with Peter and Wendy: (2006), (2007), and (2009). A fifth book titled was released in September 2011. A series of for younger readers is based on the novels. In 2005, hired to adapt the book to film, reportedly to use.
“Peter and the Starcatcher” is a delightful play with music that tells the origin story of how a miserable orphan in England would eventually become Peter Pan—the beloved “Boy Who Would Not Grow Up.” Based on the children’s book by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, “Peter and the Starcatcher” features 12 actors who play a dizzying. May 28, 2006 - The Paperback of the Peter and the Starcatchers (Starcatchers Series #1) by Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Greg Call at Barnes & Noble.
A of the book debuted in winter 2009 at, as part of an arrangement with. It was re-staged Off-Broadway in 2011 and opened on Broadway April 15, 2012, at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. On May 17, 2012 announced that a film version of the book would be written by Jesse Wigutow. On August 20, 2012, 'The Hunger Games' director agreed to direct the movie. Filming was expected to begin in 2013. Contents.
Plot summary The story is an adventure on the high seas and on the faraway Mollusk island. An orphan boy named Peter and his mysterious new friend, Molly, overcome bands of pirates and thieves in their quest to keep a magical secret safe and save the world from evil. Villains include the scary but somehow familiar and the ferocious crocodile Mister Grin. Molly and Peter take a voyage with Alf, James, Thomas, Prentiss, Tubby Ted, Slank and Little Richard from a filthy, crime-ridden port in Old England across the turbulent sea.
Aboard the Never Land is a trunk that holds the 'greatest treasure on earth,' thought by its pursuers to be gold or jewels but revealed to be 'starstuff.' The trunk is moved from place to place through storms and sea battles: once in a dry, guarded cabin, next in a ship full of greedy pirates, and then out in the open sea.
While on the ship, both Peter and Molly become close as they take on Slank and many other villains, including pirates. While they try to keep the starstuff out of the wrong hands, the Never Land shipwrecks and Molly saves Peter from death, and they fly for an unknown island. When the shipwreck led them to a mysterious island, known as Mollusk Island, Molly is kidnapped by Slank and Peter saves her from him, along with the help of James, Thomas, Prentiss, and Tubby Ted who all go by the gang name,. The book ends with Molly and Peter saying goodbye to each other and with Peter promising to visit her in England. Molly and her father, Leonard Aster, return to the real world, while Peter and the Lost Boys remain on Mollusk Island, which they rename Neverland, the name of the ship that was shipwrecked.
Characters Many of the characters from Peter and the Starcatchers are brand new characters created for the novel. However, a few characters are also mentioned in.
Peter is the protagonist. Described as orange-haired and blue-eyed, he is approximately twelve to fourteen years old, though he never learns his actual age. Peter gained leader status by being the oldest and being able to spit the farthest. Peter learns to fly by being exposed to a large amount of starstuff and surviving.
By the end of the novel, Peter is stranded as an outcast on Mollusk Island, with the fairy Tinker Bell and his orphan friends. Even though he does not learn that his surname is 'Pan' (but does in 'Peter and the Secret of Rundoon') in this novel, this is the beginning of the story of Peter Pan. Molly is the daughter of the new ambassador to Rundoon, the famous Starcatcher Leonard Aster. Molly is an independent, strong-minded, fourteen-year-old. She fancies Peter, though does a good job of hiding it. Though surviving the wreck of The Never Land (and saving Peter in the process), while on Mollusk Island she is kidnapped by Slank.
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She is later rescued by Peter. After helping to retrieve the starstuff, Molly joins her father and sails back to her hometown in London. Molly can apparently speak the porpoise language, although she is not very fluent and constantly tells them 'Molly teeth green', thinking she's saying 'Hello'. Leonard Aster - Leonard is Molly's father, the new ambassador to Rundoon and a famous Starcatcher. Even with his great skills, he falls for a switch between the real startstuff and the fake. In the ending of the novel, Leonard uses the 'treasure' to turn a bird into a fairy and presents it to Peter, thus introducing the origin of Tinker Bell. He also gives Peter a gold Starcatcher locket.
Ammm - Ammm is a hardworking Porpoise who sends messages to and from Molly and her father using Porpoise language. He is also a great navigator and occasionally helps Peter and Molly throughout the story. The Lost Boys (first called Lost Boys in Peter and the Shadow Thieves) were originally orphans from St. Norbert's Home for Wayward Boys in London. Peter is leader to James, Thomas, Prentiss, and Tubby Ted.
Tubby Ted - Tubby Ted is one of the Lost Boys. He is so nicknamed because he is always ready to eat. Black Stache is the main antagonist. He is a disgusting, filthy pirate, captain of the ship The Sea Devil. Named Black Stache because of a near foot long mustache that he keeps perfectly groomed.
He eats raw meat and keeps a very dirty cabin, earning the nickname of 'Rat Breath' by his crew. Stache is very resourceful, capturing the naval ship The Wasp by using a corset-shaped sail.
Black Stache is actually the future Captain Hook - his hand is cut off by Peter near the end of the novel. Little Richard - Little Richard is a short, powerful giant who worked for the Never Land before becoming Slank's sidekick. Even though he can take Slank easily, Richard obeys his every command and is kicked around like a slave. Slank - William Slank is the evil first-mate and second-in-command of the ship The Never Land. Slank is one of the 'Others' who use starstuff corruptly, and he and his giant sidekick Little Richard try to steal the trunk of starstuff throughout the novel. Slank eventually escapes the wrath of Peter, but does not manage to get hold of the starstuff.
Bumbrake - Mrs. Bumbrake is Molly's governess. She is a neat, plump woman and boards the Never Land with Molly. Bumbrake is captured by Stache's band of pirates but later on rescued by Leonard. She is very fond of Alf. Alf - Alf is the elderly sailor from the ship The Never Land who helps Peter in saving the starstuff. Alf is one of the first characters to experience the power of starstuff in chapter two of the novel.
He decides to go home to England at the end of the novel. Mack - Mack is Alf's partner in the beginning of the novel. His appearance is very short-lived and takes place in only one chapter. Fighting Prawn - Fighting Prawn is the chief of the Mollusk Tribe. He harbors a great hatred for Englishmen, after he and his brothers were taken as slaves by English men who arrived on the island. Fighting Prawn was nearly killed, but Peter healed him with a bit of starstuff.
In the end, he lets Peter stay on the island when he refuses to go home. Teacher - Teacher is a strikingly beautiful, blonde mermaid and the leader of a group of them. Before the group met Peter, they wanted to keep the trunk to themselves. Teacher can communicate with Peter through thoughts and helps him along the way.
She and Molly are very jealous of one another. Both are very fond of Peter, especially after he saved their lives. Tinker Bell - Was a green and yellow bird before being exposed to starstuff and turned into Peter's ever loyal Bird Woman. She does not like Molly, or Wendy.
Differences from the works of Barrie Although Peter and the Starcatchers and its follow-ups are presented as ' to Peter and Wendy, there are a number of differences between them and the original novel, particularly contradicting the material in, itself not consistent with Barrie's other Peter Pan works. Most of these differences are established in the first book in the series.
Film adaptation On May 17, 2012, it was announced by that a motion picture of the novel will be made. It was also reported that Jesse Wigutow will write the script for the film. On August 20, 2012, the director of, signed on to direct the film, with filming expected to start in 2013. As of 2015, nothing else is known to have taken place. References.
Peter and the Starcatchers, written by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, is the prequel to the Peter Pan story. It is the story of Peter and his friends and their magical adventure that takes Peter from a mundane orphan boy from England to an immortal flying boy on the magical island of Never Land. Peter and his group of friends from St. Norbert's Home for Wayward Boys are taken to a the ship Never Land. They will call this ship home for the next month and a half or so, until they reach their ultimate destination in Rundoon to be servants to the evil King Zarboff the Third. However, things do not go as has been planned for the orphan boys and the crew of the Never Land. The most feared pirate to ever have sailed the seas, Black Stache, has caught wind of a great treasure aboard the Never Land's sister ship, the Wasp.
Black Stache, who will later become Captain Hook, leads his band of pirates to do battle with the crew of the Wasp only to find that they have been tricked! The real treasure is onboard the Never Land.
There are only two people on the Never Land that know about the treasure on board. William Slank, the first mate, who is also secretly a servant of the evil King Zarboff, ordered the trunk put on the Never Land. Molly Aster is the daughter of Leonard Aster, the ambassador of the Queen to King Zarboff.
Her father was on the Wasp to protect the Starstuff, however, Molly is on board the Never Land. She realizes that the trunks have been swapped, but can not stop either Slank or Black Stache alone. She recruites Peter to help her and tells him all about the Starcatchers. They are a group of people dedicated to stopping the power of the Starstuff from being used for evil. The Wasp, now crewed by pirates and captained by Black Stache, turns around to go after the Never Land. Black Stache and his first mate Smee plan to trick the crew of the Never Land by flying the British colors and wearing the British naval uniforms.
When they approach the Never Land, the pirates are easily able to overtake the crew, and take over the other ship. Peter and Molly manage to dump the trunk into the ocean, and jump overboard during the fighting and the storm. After the storm, everyone, including the trunk, wash ashore on an island inhabited with hostile natives and a giant crocodile.
On the island, everyone is split into different groups. Peter and Molly are together, and the other boys are with a sailor named Alf. The pirates are together, and Slank and Little Richard from the Never Land are by themselves. Alf and the boys, who do not know about the trunk, are simply trying to survive.
All of the other groups are trying to find the trunk. After being captured by the natives, and almost fed to the giant crocodile, Alf and the boys, along with Peter, set out to find Molly and the trunk. All of the groups find the trunk within a very short time of each other. Slank and Little Richard first get the trunk. However, they have to battle the newly formed Mermaids in order to get it. Peter stumbles upon the lead mermaid, and uses some Starstuff to heal her. Slank and Richard sneak up on Peter and beat him unconscious, leaving him face down to drown.
After Slank gets the trunk from the mermaids, Black Stache steals it from them. Black Stache does not know about the mermaids, however, and quickly loses it again. Slank and Little Richard use some of the Starstuff to fly the longboat to the trunk, and get their hands on it once more. Just then, Molly, Alf, and James attack Slank and Richard. Slank and Richard get the upper hand, but before Slank can kill Molly, he hears Peter calling out to him. There, on a rock, surrounded by Mermaids, is Peter.
Peter he has the trunk. Peter agrees to trade the trunk to Slank for the lives of all of his friends. Slank takes the trunk, but leaves the boys and Alf behind. Slank does not intend to honor their agreement, as he'd rather take Molly to Zarboff. Lukily, Peter played a trick as well.
He moved the Starstuff out of the trunk before giving it to Slank. The natives attack just then, and go for the trunk as well.
As soon as Fighting Prawn and Peter are alone on the boat, Black Stache makes his attack on them. Peter manages to defeat Black Stache, cutting off his hand. He saves Fighting Prawn's life, which endears him to the native and earns Fighting Prawn's help.
Molly's father arrives with more Starcatchers to transfer the Starstuff safely, and take them all home. Peter decides to stay on the island. He has learned that his exposure to the Starstuff has transformed him so that he will not age and can fly. His fellow orphans decide to stay with him and the Starcatchers leave after a tearful goodbye. This section contains 865 words (approx. 3 pages at 400 words per page).