Barry, Dave & Pearson, Ridley. Peter and the shadow thieves.BARRY, Dave & PEARSON, Ridley. Peter and the shadow thieves The Shadow Thieves are a thieves guild based in the fictional city of Athkatla, a large port city within the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms campaign setting. They were the original Thieves guild of Waterdeep, until they were driven out and to Amn by the Lords of that city. . Read by Jim Dale. 9 cds. 10 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2006. 1-59737-459-8. $97.25. Vinyl; plot, reader notes. J * Barry and Pearson join forces again for this sequel to Peter and the Starcatchers--both prequel pre·quel n. A literary, dramatic, or cinematic work whose narrative takes place before that of a preexisting work or a sequel. [pre- + (se)quel.] stories to James Barrie's Peter Pan. There are the usual struggles between the boys, Hook and his pirates, and the Mollusk mollusk: see Mollusca. mollusk or mollusc Any of some 75,000 species of soft-bodied invertebrate animals (phylum Mollusca), many of which are wholly or partly enclosed in a calcium carbonate shell secreted by the mantle, a soft Island natives. But there is another enemy--creepy, supernatural Lord Ombra, the Shadow Master. He will stop at nothing to steal the chest of starstuff--the magic dust that, among other powerful attributes, enables Peter to fly. Read in multi-voice by the Grammy-winning Jim Dale, this rollicking rol·lick·ing adj. Carefree and high-spirited; boisterous: a rollicking celebration. rol , funny and suspenseful story is a crowd pleaser. Adults and children alike will shudder at the evil Lord Ombra's antics, chuckle at ongoing tiffs between Peter and tiny Tink, and cheer on the starstuff protectors. The authors stay true to Peter's boyish heroics and the seafaring traditions of the original story, and Dale's ability to deliver an astounding a·stound tr.v. a·stound·ed, a·stound·ing, a·stounds To astonish and bewilder. See Synonyms at surprise. [From Middle English astoned, past participle of astonen, variety of English accents keeps the many characters straight. Bette Ammon, Director, Coeur d'Alene PL, ID J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. *--The asterisk highlights exceptional books. |
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