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Peter and the Secret of Rundoon

Peter and the Secret of Rundoonby Dave Barry and Ridley PearsonThis is the third instalment from the team of Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson about the story of Peter Pan. Peter is captured and sent to Rundoon where he is expected to know where the Starstuff will fall because that's what his parents were able to do. Meanwhile George reluctantly follows Molly as she tries to help her father defeat Ombra and the Others and the evil King Zarboff. At the same time Mollusk Island has been invaded and captured by the horrible Scorpion tribe and the Lost Boys and Mollusks have been taken prisoner.There is a LOT happening in this story and I don't think I cared about much of it, to be honest. I really loved Peter and the Starcatchers and I thought that the authors created a wonderful history of Peter Pan. The second book, Peter and the Shadow Thieves was ok, it was well written and entertaining, but I found I got a little bored with the story as it went on. I discovered this third book while in Disney World at a store in Downtown Disney and knew I had to get it when I got back - I needed to know how the story was going to continue!I am hoping that this will be it. There's only so much you can do with Peter Pan I think. It is interesting to know that Molly and George knew about Peter Pan before their children met him. But now the stories are more about Peter's adventures and not about how he came to be and how the legend of Peter Pan was born. I don't much care about the adventures.I do like the way Tinker Bell is written though. I think Dave Barry comes through in her sarcastic little comments. Heh.I think this is much more of a young boy fantasy book than a girl one, but that is GOOD! Too many books out there for young readers seem to be written more for girls, it's rare there's a good book out there for a boy to get into. Snakes and stealing ships and pirates. It's a fun adventure for little boys. ;)