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''Peter and the Starcatchers'' is a best-selling children's novel that was published by Hyperion Books, a subsidiary of Disney, in 2004. Written by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, the book provides a backstory for the character Peter Pan, and serves as a prequel to J. M. Barrie's novel ''Peter and Wendy''. It was illustrated by artist Greg Call. The book is followed by three sequels, also set before the famous adventure with Peter and Wendy: ''Peter and the Shadow Thieves'' (2006), ''Peter and the Secret of Rundoon'' (2007), and ''Peter and the Sword of Mercy'' (2009). A fifth book titled ''The Bridge to Neverland'' was released in September 2011. A series of Never Land chapter books for younger readers is based on the novels. In 2005, Disney hired Jay Wolpert to adapt the book to film, reportedly to use 3D animation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Disney moves forward on Peter and the Starcatchers )〕 A play with music adaptation of the book debuted in winter 2009 at La Jolla Playhouse, as part of an arrangement with Disney Theatrical. It was re-staged Off-Broadway in 2011 and opened on Broadway April 15, 2012, at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. On May 17, 2012 Walt Disney Pictures announced that a film version of the book would be written by Jesse Wigutow.〔 On August 20, 2012, ''"The Hunger Games"'' director Gary Ross agreed to direct the movie. Filming was expected to begin in 2013. ==Plot summary== The story is an adventure on the high seas and on the faraway Mollusk island. An orphan boy named Peter and his pretty, mysterious new friend, Molly, overcome bands of pirates and thieves in their quest to keep a magical secret safe and save the world from evil. Villains include the scary but somehow familiar "Black Stache" and the ferocious crocodile Mister Grin. Molly and Peter take a voyage with Alf, James, Thomas, Prentiss, Tubby Ted, Slank and Little Richard from a filthy, crime-ridden port in Old England across the turbulent sea. Aboard the ''Never Land'' is a trunk that holds the "greatest treasure on earth," thought by its pursuers to be gold or jewels but revealed to be "starstuff." The trunk is moved from place to place through storms and sea battles: once in a dry, guarded cabin, next in a ship full of greedy pirates, and then out in the open sea. While on the ship, both Peter and Molly become close as they take on Slank and many other villains, including pirates. While they try to keep the starstuff out of the wrong hands, the Never Land shipwrecks and Molly saves Peter from death, and they fly for an unknown island. When they shipwreck led them to a mysterious island, known as ''Mollusk Island'', Molly is kidnapped by Slank and Peter saves her from him, along with the help of James, Thomas, Prentiss, and Tubby Ted who all go by the gang name, The Lost Boys. The book ends with Molly and Peter saying goodbye to each other and with Peter promising to visit her in England. Molly and her father, Leonard Aster, return to the real world, while Peter and the Lost Boys remain on Mollusk Island, which they rename ''Neverland,'' the name of the ship that was shipwrecked. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter and the Starcatchers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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