Synopses & Reviews
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?
Review
"...nonstop action." Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis
From the bestselling authors of Peter and the Star catchers comes the firstbook in a new adventure series featuring Peter's friends and enemies in NeverLand.
About the Author
Dave Barry is a Pulitzer Prize-winning nationally syndicated humor columnist for the
Miami Herald. He is the author of more than a dozen books including
Boogers Are My Beat,
Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys,
Babies and Other Hazards of Sex,
Dave Barry Slept Here,
Big Trouble, and
Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway.
Ridley Pearson is the best-selling author of fourteen novels, including The Middle of Nowhere, The Pied Piper, Beyond Recognition, No Witnesses, The First Victim, Undercurrents, and Parallel Lies. He was the first American to be awarded the Raymond Chandler/Fulbright Fellowship in Detective Fiction at Oxford University. In addition, he secretly wrote The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, which was a companion book to the ABC-TV production of Stephen King's Rose Red.