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Keeper is a sports novel for young adults by Mal Peet, published by Walker Books in 2003. It was Peet's first novel and the first of three (as of 2012) football stories featuring South American sports journalist Paul Faustino. Cast as an interview with Faustino, the world's best goalkeeper, El Gato ("The Cat"), tells his life story.
Keeper, The Penalty, and Exposure are the Faustino books. Tamar is a World War II novel and family mystery set jointly in 1945 Nazi-occupied the Netherlands and 1995 England. Life: An Exploded Diagram (2011), a semi-autobiographical novel, was his last book for young readers.
Keeper: Living with Nancy, a 2009 biographical book by Andrea Gillies Keeper (Peet novel) , a 2003 sports novel by Mal Peet Keeper (Appelt novel) , a 2010 novel by Kathi Appelt
Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal is a young-adult novel by Mal Peet, published by Walker Books in 2005.Within a 1995 frame story, where a 15-year-old girl inherits papers and other mementos from her deceased grandfather, it is set in the occupied Netherlands near the end of the Second World War; there it features two British-trained Dutch agents and the resistance to German ...
The Penalty is a sports novel for young adults by Mal Peet, published by Walker Books in 2006. It is the second (of three to 2011) football stories featuring South American sports journalist Paul Faustino. The teen football prodigy El Brujito ("The Little Magician") disappears without a trace and Faustino is drawn to find the summer valentines ...
The Murdstone Trilogy is one of only two novels by Peet that targets adult readers, the other being Mr Godley's Phantom —the majority of the author's work was in children's literature. The title of the book does not allude to it being part of a trilogy. Instead, it refers to a fictitious book series written by the protagonist of the novel.
In an interview with People magazine about her new book “By Any Other Name,” author Jodi Picoult revealed her inspiration for the novel came from the “terrible experience” she had with the ...
Books of Mortals is a Christian science fiction fantasy series by American writers Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee. The series consists of a short story prequel titled The Keeper , followed by three novels: Forbidden , Mortal , and Sovereign .