Mal Peet

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  • Bibliography:
    15 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    February 2007
  • Latest Book:
    March 2019
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Full Series List in Order

Paul Faustino

Keeper (Feb-2007)
The Penalty (Aug-2007)
Exposure (Oct-2009)

Book List in Order: 15 titles

  • Keeper

    Paul Faustino

    When Paul Faustino of LA NACION flips on his tape recorder for an exclusive interview with El Gato -- the phenomenal goalkeeper who single-handedly brought his team the World Cup -- the seasoned reporter quickly learns that this will be no ordina...

  • The Penalty

    Paul Faustino

    From the award-winning author of TAMAR, a time-shifting thriller about a vanishing soccer star, occult secrets, and the dark history of slavery. As the city of San Juan pulses to summer's sluggish beat, its teenage soccer prodigy, El Brujito, the ...

  • Tamar

    When her grandfather dies, Tamar inherits a box containing a series of clues and coded messages. Out of the past, another Tamar emerges, a man involved in the terrifying world of resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied Holland half a century before. His...

  • Exposure

    Paul Faustino

    Winner of the 2009 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. When a black South American soccer star signs on to a team in the country's racist south, headlines blare. And when he falls for the sensual Desmerelda, a stunning white pop singer and daughter of...

  • I Spy Fly

    The fly was hungry, and buzzed over to the park to see what he could find. In the park he quickly spied lots of food, but found getting that food was much less straightforward! Join the fly as he gets into endless trouble on his search for somethi...

  • Life: An Exploded Diagram

    Can love survive a lifetime? When working-class Clem Ackroyd falls for Frankie Mortimer, the gorgeous daughter of a wealthy local landowner, he has no hope that it can. After all, the world teeters on the brink of war, and bombs could rain down any m...

  • Bert the Ugly Bug

    Bert lives deep in the rainforest and is completely awestruck by the beauty of other bright and wonderful creatures. If only he could sparkle like that? Or can he? This wonderful, decodable story is written by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham and fanta...

  • Zog and Zebra

    Zog is an alien and Zebra lives on Earth, but what happens when these two become friends and encounter a dangerous creature? This fun, decodable story is written by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham and fantastically illustrated by Sarah Horne.

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  • Sinbad the Sailor

    Find out what happens when Sinbad the sailor is left stranded on an island with a giant seagull. Will he find a way to get back to his ship? This entertaining narrative is written by award-winning authors Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham.

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  • The Murdstone Trilogy

    How hard can it be to write a fantasy trilogy? From Carnegie Medalist Mal Peet comes an outrageously funny black comedy about an impoverished literary writer who makes a pact with the devil. Award-winning YA author Philip Murdstone is in trouble. ...

  • Beck

    From Carnegie Medal-winning author Mal Peet comes a sweeping coming-of-age adventure, both harrowing and life-affirming. Born of a brief encounter between a Liverpool prostitute and an African soldier in 1907, Beck finds himself orphaned as a youn...

  • The Treasure of Pirate Frank

    A boy and his dog set sail in search of treasure, braving stormy seas, mountains snowy and cold, the forest where the monkeys swing, the swamp where the bullfrogs sing, and other challenging obstacles, before finally reaching the end of their quest -...

  • The Family Tree

    When a man returns to his childhood home and visits the derelict tree house in which his father once chose to live, he recalls the past unravelling of his family, the unspoken strangeness of their lives, and the impact on his own adult life. Beautifu...

  • Mr. Godley's Phantom

    It's 1945 and Martin Heath, like many men at that time, is struggling to settle, to find his place again after the horrors of war. When an old comrade sends him a letter, telling of a position that's just come up with an elderly fellow called Mr Godl...

  • Good Boy

    Sandie has been battling it since childhood: the hulking, snarling black dog of her nightmares. For years, her precious pet dog Rabbie has kept the monster at bay, but when he is no longer there to protect her, the black dog reappears to stalk Sandie...

Award-Winning Books by Mal Peet

Exposure
2009 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize -- Children's Fiction
Tamar
2005 Carnegie Medal -- Children's


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Mal Peet has published 15 books.

Mal Peet does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Good Boy, was published in March 2019.

The first book by Mal Peet, Keeper, was published in February 2007.

Yes. Mal Peet has 1 series.
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