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	Title:	Peter and the Starcatchers
	Author:	Barry, Dave and Pearson, Ridley
	Date Published:	2004
	Genre:	Fantasy
	Grade Level:	4 -8
	Booktalker:	Bonnie Phinney

Booktalk:
Is there anyone who ISN”T familiar with the story of Peter Pan? Even if you haven’t read the original play by J. M. Barrie, most everyone knows the Disney adaptation. Tinkerbell, Captain Hook, Neverland, the lost boys… But did you ever wonder HOW Peter and the lost boys GOT to Neverland? Where Tinkerbell came from? How Captain Hook lost his hand? Well, now you can find out.. Young orphan Peter and his mates set sail aboard the Never Land, a rickety old ship carrying a precious and mysterious trunk in its cargo hold full of magical glowing green "starstuff." Ever hear of Zeus? Michelangelo? Attila the Hun? Well, according to 14-year-old Molly Aster (who’s also a passenger on the NeverLand) they all derived their powers from this starstuff that occasionally falls to Earth from the heavens. On Earth, it is the Starcatchers' job to rush to the scene and collect the starstuff before it falls into the hands of the Others who use its myriad powers for evil. Molly happens to be an apprentice starcatcher, so Molly and Peter team up to thwart the efforts of the evil, but clever, pirate, Black Stache, and the Neverland’s first mate, the mean Mr. Slank, to steal the trunk and its contents. Their journey quickly becomes fraught with excitement and danger, including treacherous battles with pirates, foreboding thunderstorms, talking porpoises, stinky rogues, frightening natives, a flying crocodile, and even biting mermaids. An so, the legend of Peter and the Lost Boys is born.