Peter and the Starcatchers, Book One by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
As an adult fan of both Barry and Pearson I couldn't resist picking this one up... Published in 2004 by Hyperion Books for Children. Dave Barry has long been a favorite of mine and Ridley Pearson is on my list of writers to look for as well so when I saw that they had taken on the Peter Pan storyline and created a prequel, I knew that I just had to read it. Happily, I was not disappointed. Peter and the Starcatchers is fun, escapist fiction at its best. The book works on multiple levels - adults will understand several double entendres while kids will love the quick pace and high adventure. The plot revolves around a group of people called Starcatchers, people who collect starstuff , glowing magical stuff that falls from the sky and makes the people that use it superhuman. Michelangelo, Attila the Hun and Zeus are all historical figures that have found and used starstuff. The Starcatchers try to capture it to keep it out of the hands of evil people. I am more than ha...