This summer I read the book Peter and the Starcatchers, the book is about Peter Pan before the movie happened. In the book Peter is sent on a boat to Rundoon with four other orphans. In the ship there is a treasure that gives people lots of different power and creates superhumans like the greek gods or Albert Einstien, this is called Starstuff. Peter and a girl named Molly try to give the treasure to Molly's dad so bad people called the others won't get it. After fighting will the others Peter gets soaked in the Starstuff and becomes ageless and can fly. Peter and the four other boys get stuck on an island and stay there.
The theme of the book is never give up because when the boys got to the island there was a tribe called the Mollusks and they put Peter and his friends in a cage so they could get eaten by a huge crocodile called Mr. Grin. Even without anything to fight with they still got out by using Starstuff to make the crocodile fly. Also when the others were about to take the Starstuff Peter used his abilities to save the Starstuff and Molly even when it looked like there was no chance of saving both. This is why you should never give up.
Another theme of this book is you should also give everything 100%. I think this because if Peter wasn't then he probably would be dead because if he wasn't paying attention then he might have been shot from captain hook. Also if he didn't try to stay alive against Mr. Grin he would have been eaten and so would have his friends. Another reason why peter can't give up is because he is the leader of the group and the other boys are relying on him.
Throughout the book Peter showed that he never gave up and always gave 100% even when the chances were very slim. This is why I think that the themes were to give 100% and never give up. Peter can be an inspirational person because of his actions even though he is a fantasy character.
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