In the story we all know, Neverland is a magical island that can only be arrived at by flying towards the second star on the right (because there’s obviously only two stars in the whole sky, so determining this is super easy) and straight on til morning. The way that Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson created their own mythology for Neverland was one of the coolest aspects of PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS. What is the story of Peter Pan in any telling without Neverland? Literally nothing. (For the record, he’s nothing really like the insolent, energetic Peter you might know. It was so very fun and nerd-fabulous to have some version that tells us who Peter really is. He has little to no recollection of how he came to be there or where he came from.
He’s been on Neverland for time immemorial, at least to him anyway. In all of the tellings of Peter Pan that I’m familiar with, Peter simply IS.
The other boys, who seem to be the Lost Boys as we know them, all look to Peter for food on their journey, safety, and saving from their captivity on Mollusk Island (more on this in a second). Peter is their de facto leader, mostly on account of being older than the other boys and having superior spitting skills. When we first meet Peter in PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS, they are boarding a boat from London after being removed from the orphanage where they’ve been living. Short of just writing a review of the audiobook, which is narrated by Jim Dale, I wanted to focus this one on the specific aspects of how we meet Peter, Captain Hook, Neverland, Tinker Bell, Peter’s ability to fly and not age–all of the things that have been left to the imagination before now. A middle grade origin story of Peter Pan written by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson? Uh, yes please. So when we decided to read PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS for our May (yes, we’re late posting this one) On the Same Page book, I was pretty excited. I don’t think it was Peter himself, but I still loved the idea of the boy who never grows up. I’m honestly not sure what about the Peter Pan story appealed to me. You know, the one they just remade with Allison Williams. I grew up loving the Disney version, sure, but my faaaavorite Peter Pan when I was growing up was the live-action version with Mary Martin. Peter and the Starcatchers: Peter and the Starcatchers #1 įriends, I do love me some Peter Pan.
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