*Tween (or young adult) fantasy
*Peter Pan and Molly as main characters
*Rating: The last book in the trilogy of the sequel to Peter Pan. I am still enjoying it on audio book, and I think Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson did an exceptional job with this one!
Short, short summary: Book three is more action-packed than ever. At the end of book 2, Peter and Molly saved the starstuff from falling into the hands of Lord Ombra, the shadow-stealing creature. But in book 3, he’s back, and he has a plan to end all plans. He is determined to use Peter Pan to find enough starstuff to destroy the entire world. In the meantime, Molly and George figure out who Peter and his parents actually are, and they rush to Paris to tell her father, who is on a mission for the Starcatchers. Molly’s father is on his way to Mollusk Island to find Peter and protect him from danger. However, before Lord Aster, Molly, and George get to him, Peter Pan and the Lost Boys are kidnapped by Captain Hook and some of his pirates during a raid on Mollusk Island by some terrible savages called Scorpions. During this pirate kidnapping, Lord Ombra captures the boys and Captain Hook with the help of an evil ruler on Rundoon. And this is only the first half of the book. Read the third book and find out how Peter’s story ends before Peter Pan actually begins.
So, what do I do with this book?
1. Peter and the Secret of Rundoon has several subplots that all come together and meet as one giant plot at the end of the story. Your students can sketch out each subplot and then connect them together. In reading response journals, students can write how Ridley Pearson and Dave Barry weave the plots together and how subplots enrich stories. When writing their own stories, they can try including subplots and creating more complex stories of their own. To work on summarizing skills, students can summarize each subplot in book 3.
2. Many problems in this story are solved with starstuff. How do students feel about the characters’ problems being solved with magic? Start a class discussion about the role magic plays in the story, and whether or not they like that characters have the help of magic or if they wish characters solved their problems without the starstuff. You can most likely have a debate in your classroom as there will be opinions on both sides.
3. Ask students to write down everything they know about Peter Pan. (For fun, you could also watch the Disney movie.) Then students or your children should write down how Ridley Pearson and Dave Barry explain these original Peter Pan events in their book, Peter and the Secret of Rundoon or any of the other 2 books in the prequel. For example, how do they explain that Peter can fly or that Captain Hook is his enemy?
Have you read any of the books in this trilogy? Let us know what you think!
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