Customer Reviews
Great Boook 
2008-07-07
I bought this book for my son who is going into 6th grade for summer reading. It's not easy to get him to read in the summer. He loved it and couldn't put it down. Now he's reading the sequel.
Entire Series is EXCELLENT! 2008-05-15
If you like the notion of Peter Pan, Tinkerbell, etc. this series is really excellent. I don't use the word WONDERFUL much, but they're a great read. They really do carry on the story of Peter and his friends in a believable and fun way. Really AWESOME and you won't be disappointed. The entire series is highly recommended - all three books so far.
peter and the shadow thieves 
2008-04-13
I guess it is a good book, I gave it to my great grandson, because he loves to read.
Pretty good Peter 2008-01-04
Peter (of Neverland fame) hitches a ride on a ship filled with Very Bad Men and goes back to London to warn his friend Molly of the danger that races towards her and her family. The Starchasers are in grave trouble this time. This is a great, fun book. Inventive, funny, fast-paced. The characters are fleshed-out and believable. The baddies are very bad.
Peter and the Shadow Thieves 2007-12-27
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.
Great book for all ages! 2007-12-21
In this riveting andadventure-packed follow-up to
Peter and the Starcatchers, we discover Peter leaving the relative safety of MolluskIsland-along with his trusted companion Tinker Bell-for the cold, damp streetsof London. On a difficult journey across the sea, he and Tink discover the darkand deadly, slithering part-man/part-creature Lord Ombra. It seems that thedreaded Ombra has a variety of mysterious powers including the ability to makeshadows disappear. When Peter reaches London, he sets out to find theindomitable Molly. Together they must combat Ombra's terrible forces to bothprotect the Starcatchers and the treasured starstuff and most importantly torescue Molly's mother from the clutches of evil. Dave Barry and Ridley Pearsonhave done it again-written a compulsively readable, impossible-to-put-down talethat will delight readers of all ages.
Peter Pan Revised for Pre-Teens 2007-11-21
This book is about the character of Peter Pan but it's not exactly the original story, written by Peter Barrie. This story is about how a stranger named Lord Ombra comes to the island where Peter lives. Lord Ombra can take your shadow away from you and therefore control you.
Lord Ombra is trying to find Molly's (Wendy's) father, Lord Aster, so that he can get the stardust from him. Stardust is a very powerful material that comes from the stars which gave Peter his ability to fly. Lord Aster catches some stardust and sends it back to the sky. He does this because of its great power; if it fell into the wrong hands, stardust could become a very dangerous weapon.
This is a good book because the characters are the same as the original story of Peter Pan but they're different enough to be more interesting. If you think that this is going to be a little kid's story because it's a Peter Pan story, then you're wrong. This book has lots of action in it, not little kid stuff. I would recommend this book to readers from 6th to 8th grade.
Abby A.
Great Storyline, Good for a Sequel 2007-10-26
This is the sequel to Peter and the Starcatchers. I absolutely LOVED that book! This is a good book as well. The story is very interesting, and some parts of the book are very revealing: there are just as many 'Oh, that's why!' moments as there were in Starcatchers. Peter has started to grow his cockyness, the cockyness that becomes who he is in the original Peter Pan. This gets a little annoying, but we all know this is where he is headed. Molly has gotten more mature, but the romance between her and Peter remains the same, except for one little problem...a problem called Darling. And I won't say anymore. You gotta read it for yourself! It is good for a sequel, and I can't wait to read the next book!
Sequel that doesn't disappoint! 2007-08-13
"Peter and the Shadow Thieves" continues with the story of young Peter, an orphan boy whose life has completely changed when he came in contact with a powerful substance known as stardust. Now an expert flyer, Peter has become very fond of Mollusk Island and the lost boys whom have adopted him as their leader. However, things change drastically when new visitors arrive one day... some old enemies along with new, one in particular who appears to be made out of darkness and can steal shadows from any living thing, causing them to become mere shells of the persons they used to be. Of course this new enemy is looking for the stardust that was once on Mollusk Island. Once it is discovered that the stardust is in the hands of Lord Aster, they set sail for London. Peter, knowing his friend Molly and her family are in real danger, sets off to follow with his fairy Tink, not knowing whether or not he will even make it to the coast without being found out by the shadow creature.
"Peter and the Shadow Thieves" does not disappoint! It continues where the first book, "Peter and the Star Catchers" left off. It is a page turner filled with action and very comical scenes, most of which involve Tink and her very blunt opinions on other characters. Though the book has almost 600 pages the chapters are short and it's easy to whiz through this thing within a few days. I highly recommend it for any Peter Pan fan out there who is looking for another adventure to read!
Even better than the one before 2007-07-18
I think Shadow Thieves is better than Peter and the Starcatchers, but they are both wonderful. I listened to them both because I love to listen to Jim Dale. And I found Shadow Thieves compelling like a Harry Potter...could it be better? There is a lot for young and old people to get from these books. Now we need the new one recorded!!
