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(More customer reviews)Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson have done it again! With an extension of their Peter Pan series this book tells of an extraordinary adventure about a Mollusk Indian princess who goes on a curious journey with her two mermaid friends. As with the two other books in the series, Peter and the Starcatchers and Peter and the Shadow Thieves, this book flowed well and kept the problems at the forefront of the story.
In the story Little Scallop and her friends, despite the warnings of their elders, decide to travel out of the lagoon in search of pearls. When a storm approaches, trouble strikes and it's up to our heroin to save the day! The characters have to face their wrong doings and figure out how to solve their problem. Barry and Pearson also include subplots of dangerous pirates and a mysterious ship which keeps the book moving quickly and helps the reader stay interested.
I enjoyed discovering new characters in Neverland and being able to get to know them. Little Scallop adds a female heroin to the series making this an excellent tale for young female readers. When informed she couldn't go on an escapade because she was a young girl, it did not stop her motivation to have an adventure of her own. The authors' use of clever imagery will transport the reader into the story and take them on a grand journey with lots of action. This is a book that I will definitely include in my classroom library and would make an excellent read aloud for intermediate grades!
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Little Scallop should be happy. She’s a princess of the Mollusk tribe, rulers of beautiful Mollusk Island. And she has two fun friends - Aqua and Surf - who just happen to be mermaids. But Little Scallop is bored. Her warrior brothers are allowed to do exciting things, like spying on the pirates who live on the other side of the island. Little Scallop longs to have a real adventure. When Aqua and Surf invite her to go pearl-diving - even though she knows she shouldn’t - she can’t resist. So late one night, she sneaks off into forbidden waters with Aqua and Surf. That’s when the trouble starts - they run into a fierce storm and a strange ship sailed by men who would love to capture a mermaid. Soon, Little Scallop is caught up in the adventure she always wanted. The question is: can she and her friends get out of it?
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