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Blood Tide: A Never Land Book (Never Land Adventure Series)

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It's the beginning of another nice, sunny day when Neverland Island is struck by an earthquake. Overall, the damage is fairly minimal, but the Lost Boys' underground hideaway is flooded. Fortunately, the boys are given shelter by the Mollusk tribe, and they get to see their friends Little Scallop and Shining Pearl.

The next day, after helping to clear up the debris, the children decide to go for a swim in the lagoon. It is then that James notices something wrong: the blue water is now a reddish color. Although concerned, but not wanting to appear silly to his comrades, James goes into the water with the other swimmers. However, his concern does not go unfounded when Thomas is attacked by a mermaid --- an ally of the Lost Boys and the Mollusk tribe. They tell the Mollusk chief about the surprising incident, and he promises to find out the reason behind the attack.

Meanwhile, the children notice that the pirates appear delighted over the discovery of a round, wooden keg. Convinced they are up to no good (as usual), the friends become determined to find out what trouble Captain Hook and his crew is planning next. Then there's another attack and a kidnapping, creating further tension within the Mollusk-Mermaid alliance. As the alarming reason behind the mermaids' bizarre behavior is discovered, there is talk of war. Will the Lost Boys and the princesses be able to save the alliance and stop Captain Hook's latest dastardly plan before it's too late?

BLOOD TIDE is Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson's latest book featuring Peter Pan's friends and foes in Neverland. Amidst the daring action and scary moments, readers will discover how the importance of teamwork and environmental awareness affects the characters' decisions. Fans of the Never Land series will not want to miss out on the Lost Boys' most important adventure yet.

--- Reviewed by Sarah Sawtelle

Blood Tide is aimed at a younger market than the Starcatcher Peter Pan prequel books but that doesn't mean it's not as good. This is the third junior fiction spinoff novel series from the lengthier books that allows a the minor characters from those other adventures to have a bit of limelight and ultimately save the day. Teacher and the other mermaids, Fighting Prawn and the mollusk tribe, the Lost Boys and Black Moustache (now known as Hook) take over the pages with Peter and Molly away from the island during these three novels time period.

The two other books are Escape from the Carnivale and Cave of the Dark Wind but they are all standalone reads, you don't need to have read the other two to enjoy Blood Tide to its full extent.

In Blood Tide, an earthquake wakes the island and the four lost boys asleep in a hole underneath a tree stump. They decide to go for a swim but notice the Mermaids are ignoring them and that the water has turned a strange red colour. Peer pressure results in them going in anyway but it is not long before a Mermaid bites the ankle of a swimmer who is lucky to escape with his life. When Fighting Prawn goes to discuss the matter with the head mermaid named Teacher, he is also attacked. It seems inevitable that the Mollusk tribe will go to war with the mermaids. Meanwhile the pirates have found amongst other debris on the beach a barrel that can change the power struggle dynamics on the island into their favour forever.

Blood Tide's plot's outcome is very predictable, but well written and the fun is in what happens getting there rather than being surprised in what eventually happens.

i bought this book for my boys - age 8. they love all the peter books and they loved this one as well. great adventure and fun!

This is a Christmas gift so I haven't read it yet. However, the book is brand new and in excellent shape. My son loves this series so I expect he will be happy with this gift.

My problem is that I thought I was ordering the book in CD format, but got a MP3 format instead. Bummer. No way to return for another format. This place makes it very difficult to get results when you have a problem.