Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry

Meanwhile, Ammm carries Molly’s message to her father on board the Wasp. Peter resolves to find out what is in the trunk. Peter confronts Molly, but she evades his questions. One night, Peter sees Molly communicating with a porpoise named Ammm. The sailor wakes up he and Peter see a rat floating in midair above the trunk just before Peter and Molly flee. While searching the ship for food one night, Peter finds Molly in a room where a sleeping sailor guards the wooden trunk. There is a rumor that the Wasp carries a great treasure and Black Stache wants it. From a dangerous reef across the bay, the fearsome pirate Black Stache and his first mate Smee watch as the Wasp and the Never Land set sail. Peter and the other orphans are going to be the king’s new servants.

The Wasp and the Neverland are sailing to Rundoon, where Molly’s father Leonard is to be the new ambassador to the evil King Zarboff III. Peter notices a black trunk loaded onto the Wasp, a much nicer ship, and a wooden trunk onto the Never Land.Īboard the Never Land, Peter meets Molly Aster, a pretty girl about his age, and her governess Mrs. The boys are to travel to an unknown destination on the Never Land, a decrepit old ship run by the cruel first mate, William Slank. Norbert’s Home for Wayward Boys arrive at a wharf. In 19th-century London, Peter and four other orphans from St.

This guide refers to the 2006 paperback edition of the novel, published by Hyperion. In 2012, a stage adaptation of Peter and the Starcatchers written by Rick Elice and directed by Alex Timbers and Roger Rees opened on Broadway, later winning a TONY Award.

Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry