Peters Books for Schools

A young girl is determined to impress her older sister by building elaborate sandcastles but the waves from the ocean keep washing them away.

A young girl looking for a present for her mother discovers the vibrant colours of an Indian street market.

A feminist retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses, in which the girls save themselves from their unwittingly cruel father after he locks them away in fear of their safety.

Looks at issues surrounding race and racism.

Presents the fourth volume in the series that teaches you about the world through football.

Two pest controllers are asked to rid a house of a mouse but the wily rodent always keeps one step ahead.

Willow and the Wild Things must battle to take back their camp from someone else living in The Wilderness.

In 19th century Denmark, an orphan girl uses her magical powers to get a job with a wealthy family in order to investigate the truth about her father, who died while working for the same family.

A compendium of number facts from all round the world, covering all manner of subjects.

An avocado becomes troubled by the question if he is a fruit or a vegetable but is reassured by a tomato that it doesn't matter because he is super in many different situations

Natalie and Alphonse's dad takes them to the park when their imaginative playing becomes a little too boisterous for indoors.

A little girl discovers that although she doesn't have super-strength or the power to fly, a real superhero really only needs to have kindness to get a happy ending.

When he starts playing with a big cardboard box, a little boy's imagination takes him on an adventure to Mars.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

SHORTLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2020

All you have are your words.

This is Britain as you've never read it.

WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2020

When Korede's dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows what's expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach.

Essays about growing up by writers from the gal-dem magazine written by women of colour and non binary people of colour

The International Bestseller

SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE | THE JHALAK PRIZE | THE BREAD AND ROSES AWARD & LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING

'A moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young African-American couple.' - Barack Obama

The Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the uncomfortable truth about race and identity in Britain today

'Every voice raised against racism chips away at its power. We can't afford to stay silent. This book is an attempt to speak'

A collection of essays from 21 black, Asian and minority ethnic writers on what it is like to live in Britain.

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2014. From the award-winning author of 'Half of a Yellow Sun,' a powerful story of love, race and identity.

Chronicles a year in the life of a young black girl growing up in Ohio in the 1940s, and the hardships she endures.

A rescue party from an island beneath King's Cross Station come to London to find a prince who was kidnapped nine years previously.

An unusual young girl has to flee her home and finds her true family along the way.

When her mum falls into a coma, a young teenager uses key objects from her mother's childhood in Kuwait to magically experience key moments from her past that help strengthen their fragile relationship.

A brother and sister try to keep the bond with their cousin alive, despite the horrors of the Great War.

A boy from a rough background is given a chance to turn his life around when the Run Club coach recognises his talent for running.

When she is picked up by the Impossible Postal Service train one night in her hallway, a young girl helps save the Impossible Places from the wicked plans of Lord Meridian.

Nicky and Kenny find themselves in danger when they get lost on the Yorkshire Moors in a snowstorm.

Three short stories set in World War Two featuring children dealing with the difficult situations they find themselves in.

A girl travels across the Himalaya Mountains guided by a bird she believes to be the spirit of her grandmother as she ventures from her rural home to the city to find her missing father.

A girl learns she is an Indian demi-god when she accidentaly releases a demon from a cursed lamp, and sets out on a quest to prevent the End of Time

A schoolboy has to flee his home when soldiers come to recruit children to join their army, and makes a perilous journey to try and find safety in England.

Twin brother and sister, Arthur and Maudie set off to find their explorer father who is reputed to have died trying to reach South Polaris.

Set in 18th century on St Kilda, a fowling party must survive being stranded

After her friend is taken a girl begins a journey with her animal companion through a dangerous country of ice and witches to find him

A girl befriends the boy of an eccentric family and she learns about a secret in the cellar of their house.

An orphan has a magical adventure when she joins a group of explorers who are embarking on an expedition to explore a frozen wilderness.

Set in Jakarta, Indonesia, a boy who dreams of being a professional football player is caught up in the criminal underworld

A 12-year-old refugee is forced to flee war-torn Syria with his family and find refuge in neighbouring Jordan.

Mira blossoms to her full potential during an important rite of passage.

A girl fights to find a way back to her island home, and her mother, when a new government official bans anyone without leprosy from living there.

A boy with OCD turns detective when he is the last person to see a neighbour's young son before he goes missing.

Thirteen year old Maya takes a photograph and unwittingly records a crime which puts her life and her family at risk.

A boy hopes to get his father back with his family after he leaves them to live with another woman.

Elliot teams up with Olympian gods when he and the zodiac Virgo accidentally released the sleep daemon from his prison.

A 13-year-old girl enters the dangerous underworld of Victorian London when her father goes missing

In a distant future in which humanity travels the stars on sentient trains, a teenage thief is tasked to steal a mysterious object and begins an adventure that will change his life.

Ryan and his friends become the slaves of a well witch and struggle to escape her power

A girl struggles to cope after the sudden death of her mother then her father's depression

An eleven-year-old boy is permanently confined to an isolation unit due to an immune system disorder, but conspires with his new nurse to have an adventure outside.

A fantasy adventure in which cities roam the country demolishing smaller towns and looking for relics and technology of the Ancients

A boy tries to work out what is happening when his father runs away with him and his brother in the middle of the night.

An 11-year-old boy helps his 13-year-old super-powered brother stop an obsessed business man as well as an asteroid from destroying Earth

A 13-year-old boy in denial about his mother's terminal illness imagines sharing stories with a yew tree

When his guardian dies in suspicious circumstances, 14 year old Alex Rider becomes involved with MI6 and has to complete his dead guardian's mission.

Two young department store assistants solve a mystery when a priceless Russian treasure goes missing from a display.

Sent by mistake to a juvenile correction centre, a teen boy discovers the wardens are using the boys as manual labour to find a buried treasure

The trials of an 11-year-old boy after he decides to create an imaginary friend who turns out to be unsuitable.

A boy finds a secret world while staying at a relative's house

A Romany girl is in danger from witch-doctors due to her family heritage.

Three children live in a world which lazy gods haven't finished yet, so go about creating their own creatures to fill the empty spaces.

A girl runs away with her guardian to Paris in search of her mother who she initially thought died in the shipwreck that she was rescued from as a baby.

Recounts a girl's memories of two Mongolian brothers who were briefly at her school in Liverpool.

A boy is brought up by ghosts in the local graveyard after his family is killed by a murderer

A young Jewish girl must escape Germany with her family when Nazis persecute all Jews and war breaks out

Recounts the experiences of Joey the horse as he moves from life on a farm into the battles of World War One.

A boy marooned on a Pacific island befriends an Old Japanese man who has lived there since the Second World War

Gemma and Mike - two kids hurt by their past are now inextricably linked and their effect on each others' lives is explosive.