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Cliff-Hangers Galore

Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2014

The story and the writing both warm and delightful.

Shadow Thieves is the second book in the Alternate Peter Pan franchise and, while I'm having trouble remembering some of the bad guys from the first book, this installment is great and completely satisfying.

I love Ombra, the shadow thief. He is one of the most original and awe-inspiring villains I've ever seen. And Nezerra, the pirate with no nose. HAHA! While he was a wonderful bad guy, he got trumped by Ombra and relegated to a second-class villain. That was unfortunate. I would have liked to have seen more of him.

But here's the kicker: Nobody writes CLIFF-HANGERS like these two authors. Every single chapter ends on a CLIFF-HANGER. I actually titter like a little school girl every time I reach the end of a chapter, because it just leaves me hanging while the authors go check out what the other characters are doing. This is the best use of CLIFF-HANGERS I have ever seen, bar none, ever!

So, if you like great characters, compelling story lines, original concepts and CLIFF-HANGERS, then check out this series. I bought number two as soon as I finished number one and now I'm off to purchase number three.

Toodles!

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McKenna Raynor

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Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2017

Book was in worse shape than expected.

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Cliff-Hangers Galore

Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2014

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Lori Jean

A great book to read *to* your children

Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2006

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I started reading "Peter and the Starcatchers" to my 6 & 8 year old children earlier this summer. Our bed/nighttime reading was normally books that we could read through in one sitting or maybe over 2-3 nights. I wasn't sure they were ready for long, multi-chapter books. But, oh, were they into the book! I would even stop mid-chapter and ask if they knew what was going on or remembered what had happened previously and they did... this book captured their attention, without a doubt! Even my husband - after he read in my place when I was gone one night around chapter 10 - would come running in at story time to listen. We were so excited when "Peter and the Shadow Thieves" came out right when we finished "Peter and the Starcatchers" so that we could find out what happened to Peter Pan next. There are many chapters, some as short as a page, and every night I heard "one more chapter, PLEASE" over and over. It was easy to say yes! We are pining away for the next in the series.

I've been a Dave Barry fan from his early days as a columnist and can see his quirky sense of humor surface often in these books. I'm not (yet) familiar with Ridley Pearson's work, but I've bought "The Kingdom Keepers" for my kids for Christmas and I hope that will be an interesting a read for us. My 8 year old will find "Escape from the Carnivale: A Never Land Book" under the tree in a few days and I'm confident that he will enjoy it as these books really do a great service to inspire love of reading in young and old alike. Advanced readers (maybe 6th grade reading level and up) will enjoy these books for themselves, but for younger kids, read it *to* them and they will come to love books too.

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Harris

Love this book

Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2018

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I very much like this book and the characters. It introduces another villian, Lord Ombra. But I am not going to tell you yet, you have to get the book to find out what it is. This is the second book in the series.
1. Peter and the Starcatchers
2. Peter and the Shadow Theives
3. Peter and the Secret of Rundoon
4. Peter and the Sword of Mercy
5. The Bridge to Neverland
If you love the Mollusks as much as I do, (nevermind, its impossible!) I recommend1, 3, and 4 on the list, because it has more of them. If you want more Ombra, 2, 3, 4, and 5 five are go to for that. If you want the Darling family, 4 is what you need. Molly and her father are in all the books except 5. But I seriously recommend reading the entire series because it is AWESOME! Hope this helps!

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Raves for the audio CD version, with Jim Dale as narrator

Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2006

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I listened to both this second book in the series and the first one on unabridged audio, narrated by Jim Dale, who narrated the Harry Potter audiobooks. Jim Dale is my very favorite audiobook reader, so when I found out he narrated this one, I was on board for the sequel!

I loved the first book and passed it around to all of my friends, and this book was a good follow-up, but it did have a few parts that dragged. The pacing was slower in this than in the first one, and I found myself feeling a tiny bit impatient or bored through a few parts. That said, it was still an excellent and enjoyable book, and if you read the first one then I highly recommend getting into this second book as well.

I love Barry and Pearson's sense of humor, and I love anything to do with pirates, so Black Stache and the rest were a lot of fun for me. Dale's performance, of course, was impeccable, and if you like being read to I'd definitely recommend this audio version over reading it on the page, just because of Jim Dale.

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D. at LLRC

DON'T BE AFRAID TO READ THIS BOOK IF YOU ARE AN ADULT, JUST SETTLE BACK AND ENJOY IT

Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2015

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Dave Berry continues his stories light hearted stories of how Peter Pan learned to fly. Is it a children's book, I don't know because I enjoy it and it has bee a LONG TIME since I have been a child.

Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson have gotten together again and the out come is wonderful. This is book 2 of their series and just as enjoyable. If you are looking for deep fiction, this is not the book for you, but it is a light adventure story that will keep children of all ages amused as you turn the pages.
Don't be afraid, go ahead and enjoy it.

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Peter and the Shadow Thieves

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2007

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Fabulous book! My kids and I liked it even better than the first one in this series (Peter and the Star Catchers), which we also loved! These books are prequels to the original Peter Pan and are very well written. It has lots of very short chapters, which makes it easy to read with your children. It gets you very interested in what is going on with one character, then switches back to a different character, which makes you not want to stop reading it! This one is more intense than the first one and might be a little scary for younger children.

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Whit MacLaughlin Philadelphia, PA

Peter and the Shadow Thieves is amazing!

Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2013

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This book is wonderful! I really like how it is based on Peter Pan. All the little details add to this main theme, and when I read this book I was constantly surprised and delighted. I also love the characters, and their personalities! There are also terrific illustrations. One thing I would have changed though, is the end. I would have made it a little longer. I would recommend this book to slightly older people, as there are scary parts, and people who have read the books in this series that come before this, and who have read Peter Pan. Congratulations Ridley Pearson and Dave Barry! This is a masterpiece!

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Michael Langevin

My 10 year old boy and I love these books...

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2013

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I read to my son for 30-45 minutes a day, now.. Before we bought this set of books, we would read short stories and only spent about 20 minutes a day actually reading.. The rest of the time we spent looking for something that was interesting enough to read that night... So, I'm going to have to say that these books are good enough that my boy calls me 30 minutes before reading time, just so we can get more time in and further through the story.... Any book that can do that, it AWESOME.

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Addy

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Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2014

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I gave this review because it felt like this book was like other books but then it wasn't. It brought some thing new, something that hasn't been gone. Sure, people tell how famous fairy tell characters came to be, but not Peter Pan. I liked this book series because I love the Disney movie of Peter Pan, and because of all the non stop adventure and that each one introduces a new character. I just couldn't to go to bed, just to see what happen next. I was very pleased with this book because it was written well and it seemed a lot of heart and thought was put in to it, and because of the illustrations. They definitely helped the reader see the story in the way the author wanted them to. I recommend this book to any one whom has read "Percy Jackson" (which I have read) , "The Kingdom Keepers" (which I have also read), or just enjoy a good adventure before bed.
- YOGO

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Joyce Claassen

Great adventure for the family!

Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2010

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We started with the Audio Book Peter and the Starcatchers on our way down to Florida. We loved that book so much (9hours, not a bad way to ride with quiet 6, 9, and 11 year olds)that we had to get the sequel for the ride back. Was able to order it from Amazon and shipped to my parents house in time for it to ride back with us to Tennessee. We enjoyed the Shadowthieves as well (again, a quiet ride back with 3 kids, priceless). By the time we pulled in to the driveway we had started the last chapter. We sat in the car for another 15 mins waiting for the book to finish. Great memory building moments for the kids in the car.

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