Yesterday I also finished Peter and the Starcatchers, by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. But I didn't really read the book, I listened to it. Does that count?
I loved this book. The story is how Peter Pan came to be. A group of orphans, let by Peter, are being shipped overseas on the ship Never Land to become servants to King Zarboff the Third (don't forget the third) but are caught in the middle of a quest of pirates (led by Captain 'Stash) to take possession of a magical trunk that is being guarded by Molly Astor, a 14-year-old Starcatcher. This trunk has mysterious things in it, including star dust which can make people fly, turns fish into mermaids, and allows porpoises to talk to humans.
It's fun to imagine the background of some classics, such as Wicked did for the Wizard of Oz. Barry and Pearson have written three books in this series. they are good, clean fun.
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