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Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry

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Peter and the Starcatchers (Peter and the Starcatchers, #1)
by

Dave Barry (Goodreads Author),

Ridley Pearson,

Greg Call (Illustrations)

Martin's review

Apr 18, 2019

really liked it

bookshelves: childrens, fantasy, humour, recently-reviewed, travel

Peter Pan - the prequel
See;
Never land,
the Pirates,
the Mermaids,
the Indians,
the Lost Boys,
the Crocodile,
the creation of Captain Hook,
and Tinkerbell!

To sea...
Cyrus Pembridge, the Never Land’s captain, was widely regarded as the most incompetent man to command a ship since the formation of water.

“Who in the name of common sense would put to sea on that ship with that man in charge?” wondered Mack.

“Well,” Alf answered, “we are.”

“True,” Mack said. “But nobody else’d hire the likes of us.”

Dinner on board the ""Never Land"
The boys peered doubtfully into the pot, which contained a darkish liquid. It looked far from appetizing, but they were hungry. Tubby Ted, always the first to take action where food was concerned, cupped his hands and scooped out a handful of the liquid with some small grayish lumps floating in it. He sniffed it, wrinkled his nose, then shrugged and took a lump into his mouth. Immediately he spat it onto the floor.

“IT’S ALIVE!” he screamed.

The boys looked at the lump on the floor, and sure enough, it was wriggling.

“It’s a worm!” said Tubby Ted. “He fed us worms!”

Thomas, peering into the pot again, gasped.

“There’s something swimming in there!” he said. “It’s … it’s a mouse!”

“Really?” said Hungry Bob, looking into the pot. “Why, so it is! Cook must be in a generous mood. Usually he don’t serve mouse ’cept on special occasions like Christmas.”

The pirate captain
Black Stache liked the British flag—he had a dozen or more in his collection—and felt especially proud when he sank a ship belonging to the Queen. Black Stache had no love for the Queen, no love for women of any sort, except for his ma. He had a real soft spot for his ma, and was truly sorry for the time he’d marooned her.

These characters are the beginnings of the famous story "Peter Pan".

Enjoy!

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“There were letters on the bottom, letters he'd seen before, on the ship that had carried him from London, the ship that had broken up on the reef that guarded the island. The letters said: NEVER LAND.

Peter looked at it. And then he looked around him--at the lagoon; at the rock where the mermaids (Mermaids!) lounged; at the palm-fringed beach; at the tinkling fairy flitting over his head; at his new friends the Mollusks; at the jungle-covered, pirate-infested mountains looming over it all.

Then he looked at the board again, and he laughed out loud.

'That's exactly where I am,' he said.”
― Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, Peter and the Starcatchers

tags: fairies, mermaids, neverland, peter-pan, tinkerbell

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“Can we move this conversation along, I'm getting frightfully tired of 'how'.”
― Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson, Peter and the Starcatchers

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“If Peter was nine, and a new boy came to St. Norbert’s Home for Wayward Boys who said he was ten, why, then, Peter would declare himself eleven. Also, he could spit the farthest. That made him the undisputed leader.”
― Dave Barry, Peter and the Starcatchers

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“If Black Stache laughed, you laughed. If he snarled, you snarled. If he breathed in your direction, you ran for cover.”
― Dave Barry, Peter and the Starcatchers

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“Nobody understands how hard it is, being a captain.”
― Dave Barry, Peter and the Starcatchers

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“He felt a momentary pang of regret that he had not spent more time with his beloved wife. But it passed when he remembered that the reason he’d gone to sea in the first place was that he had never really liked his beloved wife.”
― Dave Barry, Peter and the Starcatchers

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“He was distracted by a giggle, and turned to see a rare sight: a girl.”
― Dave Barry, Peter and the Starcatchers

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“Sir,” James asked, “what are we going to do?”
“We’re going to look for water,” said Alf.
“And food?” said Tubby Ted.
“Water first,” said Alf. “We can go days without food.”
“We can what?” Tubby Ted shouted.”
― Dave Barry, Peter and the Starcatchers

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“His body rigid with terror as he waited for the savages to something horrible to him—bash his head with clubs, or stab him with spears, or…
…or tap him on the shoulder.”
― Dave Barry, Peter and the Starcatchers

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“You might have mentioned this to me Molly,” said Leonard. “The fact that there are hostile natives on the island.”
“I forgot,” said Molly.
“You forgot?” said Leonard.
“There’s been a lot happening,” said Molly.”
― Dave Barry, Peter and the Starcatchers

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“The Mollusks—generous hosts when they weren’t trying to kill you.”
― Dave Barry, Peter and the Starcatchers

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“Leonard Aster thanked Fighting Prawn and the Mollusk tribe for their hospitality.
“You mean,” said Fighting Prawn, “for not killing you?”
“Yes,” said Leonard. “It was very gracious of you.”
“Do you,” said Leonard, “I mean, does you tribe, shake hands?”
“No,” said Fighting Prawn. “We kiss on the lips.”
“Oh,” said Leonard, looking very alarmed.”
― Dave Barry, Peter and the Starcatchers

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“Land!” shouted Thomas.
“Is there food?” asked Tubby Ted.”
― Dave Barry, Peter and the Starcatchers

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“How can you be afraid of women?”
“Those ain’t normal women.”
― Dave Barry, Peter and the Starcatchers

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“Molly happy see Ammm,” she said. The Porpoise language has 237 words that mean “happy,” and Molly had actually chosen the one denoting the happiness derived from having one’s belly tickled by seaweed.”
― Dave Barry, Peter and the Starcatchers

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“Molly squeaked and clicked (the clicks were the hardest) something back, which she hoped was “Hello.” What she actually said was “My teeth are green,” but the porpoise was too polite to point that out.”
― Dave Barry, Peter and the Starcatchers

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“No reason to join a fight until you know what side you're on.”
― Dave Barry, Peter and the Starcatchers

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“They looked plainly scared, except for one, a wiry boy with bright orange hair—not the largest of the lot, but the one who seemed to be in charge. He had an air about him, Alf thought, the look of a boy who doesn’t miss much.”
― Dave Barry, Peter and the Starcatchers

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“She had large, wide-set green eyes, and long brown hair that curled slightly and turned to gold at the tips. She wore a long, straight blue dress that accentuated the slimness of her frame. She was perhaps an inch taller than Peter, and by the look of her she took baths.”
― Dave Barry, Peter and the Starcatchers

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