Event: Peter and the Sword of Mercy Book Signings
Event Guests: Celebrated Authors, Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson
Event Dates, Locations, & Times:
- Friday, November 13 at Once Upon a Toy in the Downtown Disney® Marketplace
from 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson)

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About  the Book: Peter and the Sword of Mercy
Peter and the Sword of Mercy picks up in 1901—it's been twenty-three years since Peter and the Lost Boys returned from Rundoon. Since then, nobody on the island has grown a day older, and the Lost Boys continue their friendship with the Mollusk tribe, and their rivalry with Captain Hook. Meanwhile in London, Molly has married George Darling and is raising three children: Wendy, Michael, and John. One night a visitor appears at her door; it's James, one of Peter's original Lost Boys. He is now working for Scotland Yard and suspects that the heir to England's throne, Prince Albert Edward, is under the influence of shadow creatures. These shadow creatures are determined to find a secret cache of starstuff which fell to London many centuries ago. The starstuff is hidden in an underground vault which has only one key: the Sword of Mercy, a legendary weapon kept with the Crown Jewels. Molly is determined to help, but when she suddenly goes missing, it is up to her eleven-year-old daughter, Wendy, to keep the starstuff out of the Others' clutches. She has heard her mother's stories of a flying boy named Peter Pan, and he may be her only hope in saving the world from a shadowy doom...

About the Authors, Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson:
Dave Barry was a nationally syndicated humor columnist for over 25 years. His work appeared in more than 500 newspapers and earned him a Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1988.  He is also the author of more than 25 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. He lives in Miami with his wife, Michelle, a sportswriter, and two children, Rob and Sophie.

Ridley Pearson has written 23 novels, many of them New York Times bestsellers, including The Kingdom Keepers, The Body of David Hayes, 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 writes for TV and film: In 2003, a documentary he wrote about Alcoholics Anonymous aired on A&E in 2003 and The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer aired on ABC in 2004. Ridley, his wife, Marcelle, and their two young daughters split their time between St. Louis, Missouri and Hailey, Idaho.

When they're not writing or reading to their children, the authors play music with The Rock Bottom Remainders, a band of best-selling authors who play shows around the country to raise money for America Scores.  Their bandmates include Stephen King, Amy Tan, Scott Turow, and Mitch Albom.

We ask that you bring no personal items to be signed.
Event merchandise must be purchased on the day of the release at the event location
Valid Walt Disney World Resort receipt may be required at each signing.
Artist signing is subject to space and time availability and is not guaranteed.
Event information is subject to change without notice.
Separate admission is required to enter Magic Kingdom® Park.
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