Peter and the Shadow Thieves (Peter and the Starcatchers)

I have both of these Dave Barry stories to my grandson for his 10th birthday. He loves the stories and the adventures described. Great choices for this age group and reading level!

Great book..

Molly is in danger. Peter ant Tinker Bell fly to London to warn her. They are almost too late and must go on a desperate search for Molly's father to warn him too because the Others know where the Return will happen and will do anything to stop it.Fun book.

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.

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.