Peter Pan in Scarlet

Set in the 1920s, the new story of Peter Pan in Scarlet offers readers high adventure, dramatic tension and all the swashbuckling, danger and derring-do they can handle.

It has received critical acclaim from around the world.

Philip Ardagh in the Guardian wrote: "From the very first page, only the most stony-hearted, dyed-in-the-wool Peter Pan fan could fail to be charmed by Geraldine McCaughrean's lightness of touch, sureness of writing and sparkling imagination."

Nicola Smyth of the Independent said: "McCaughrean's book, like Barrie's, is as refreshingly dark and unsentimental as a book about fairies and lost babies can be, and it's hard to see how she could have done it better."

OUP Children's Publisher, Liz Cross comments:

'Geraldine has a unique ability to enter the spirit of an original text, but to bring her own spark of originality and illumination to it, and this wonderful sequel to eter Pan is no exception to that.'

Extract from the forthcoming Peter Pan in Scarlet by Geraldine McCaughrean

"Wind the capstans and man the yards!" cried Peter. "Clear the decks and make ready!" Heads popped up through every hatch. "What? Why? Where are we going?" "We're going on a voyage of discovery!" cried Peter. "We're going in search of treasure!" "A treasure hunt!" The cry was taken up by everyone. A treasure hunt. Outward from the heart of Neverland. Even the ocean felt the surge of excitement - TREASURE! - for it fairly rushed into the bay...

Copies of Peter Pan in Scarlet are available from Oxford University Press and all good bookshops. Copies of the Peter Pan in Scarlet audiobook are available from BBC Audiobooks direct on 0800 136 919.