A Book Review: Peter and the Starcatchers

An exciting and adventurous prequel to the well-known story of Peter Pan. With detailed hand-drawn cover art, the first book in the series takes the reader on a journey to Never Land with Peter and the lost boys on a ship carrying cargo that could possibly be "the greatest treasure on earth." Is it gold or something far more? Read Peter and the Starcatchers to find out.

This would be a great book to use in a fifth grade literature class. After finishing the book each student would choose a chapter of the book. The students would analyze the chapter and write about how they believe that chapter contributed to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.

Book title: Peter and the Starcatchers
Author: Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Illustrator: Greg Call
Genre: Fantasy, Fiction, Adventure
Number of pages: 452
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion

Standard Used: 5) Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot. [RL.6.5]