Peter and the Sword of
Mercy
Peter and the
Starcatchers #4
by Dave Barry &
Ridley Pearson
Goodreads blurb: The year is 1901--it's been twenty-three years
since Peter and the Lost Boys returned from Rundoon. Since then, nobody on the
island has grown a day older, and the Lost Boys continue their friendship with
the Mollusk tribe, and their rivalry with Captain Hook. Meanwhile in London,
Molly has married George Darling and is raising three children: Wendy, Michael,
and John. One night a visitor appears at her door; it's James, one of Peter's
original Lost Boys. He is now working for Scotland Yard and suspects that the
heir to England's throne, Prince Albert Edward, is under the influence of
shadow creatures. These shadow creatures are determined to find a secret cache
of startstuff which fell to London many centuries ago. The starstuff is hidden
in an underground vault which has only one key: the Sword of Mercy, a legendary
weapon kept with the Crown Jewels. Molly is determined to help, but when she
suddenly goes missing, it is up to her eleven-year-old daughter, Wendy, to keep
the starstuff out of the Others' clutches. She has heard her mother's stories
of a flying boy named Peter Pan, and he may be her only hope in saving the
world from a shadowy doom...
About the Authors:
Dave Barry is a humor columnist. For 25 years
he was a syndicated columnist whose work appeared in more than 500 newspapers
in the United States and abroad. In 1988 he won the Pulitzer Prize for
Commentary. Many people are still trying to figure out how this happened.
Dave has also written a total of 30 books, although virtually none of them contain useful information. Two of his books were used as the basis for the CBS TV sitcom "Dave's World," in which Harry Anderson played a much taller version of Dave.
Dave plays lead guitar in a literary rock band called the Rock Bottom Remainders, whose other members include Stephen King, Amy Tan, Ridley Pearson and Mitch Albom. They are not musically skilled, but they are extremely loud. Dave has also made many TV appearances, including one on the David Letterman show where he proved that it is possible to set fire to a pair of men's underpants with a Barbie doll.
In his spare time, Dave is a candidate for president of the United States. If elected, his highest priority will be to seek the death penalty for whoever is responsible for making Americans install low-flow toilets.
Dave lives in Miami, Florida, with his wife, Michelle, a sportswriter. He has a son, Rob, and a daughter, Sophie, neither of whom thinks he's funny.
Connect with Dave:
Ridley Pearson is the author of more than twenty
novels, including the New York Times bestseller KILLER WEEKEND; the Lou Boldt
crime series; and many books for young readers, including the award-winning
children's novels PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS, PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES, and
PETER AND THE SECRET OF RUNDOON, which he cowrote with Dave Barry. Pearson
lives with his wife and two daughters, dividing their time between Missouri and
Idaho.
Also writes Chris Klick mysteries as Wendell McCall.
Also writes Chris Klick mysteries as Wendell McCall.
Connect with Ridley:
My Thoughts - 4 out of 5
Unicorns - I liked it!!!
***Borrowed the audiobook CD’s from
the library
The
cover is definitely Peter Pan-ish and makes you think of magical adventures.
This
is the 4th book in the series, and while I loved listening to it
with my son, it was not my favorite. I
think I really liked Molly and Peter together, so it was weird having it be her
daughter…at least for me.
It
is another fantastical adventure for Peter and he makes some new friends and
reunites with some old friends both figuratively and literally. This book had more darkness and pain making
it a lot darker than the first 3 books.
I definitely think this is for older middle to high school students with
the torture aspect of this book.
Peter
seemed like he got younger and more selfish in this book than the invincible
boy who wouldn’t let anything stop him which might be why this one wasn’t my
favorite and had my son looking at me asking Why??
We
both really wanted to listen to the 5th book, but the library does
not have it, so I’m not sure if or when we will get to listen to it, so after
months of listening to this series, we will have to find a new series now :)
I
recommend this story to those who liked that rest of the series and don’t mind
when characters change :)
Interested in reading???
See
my review of other books in the series!!!
Peter and the Starcatchers (Book 1)!!!
Peter and the Shadow Thieves (Book 2)!!!
Peter and the Secret of Rundoon (Book 3)!!!
Another to add to my queue of "try on little brothers." =)
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