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Malcolm Charles Peet (5 October 1947 – 2 March 2015) [2] was an English writer and illustrator best known for young adult fiction. He has won several honours including the Brandford Boase, the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Prize , British children's literature awards that recognise "year's best" books.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Exposure is a sports novel for young adults by English writer Mal Peet, published by Walker Books in 2008. [2] Inspired by William Shakespeare's Othello, the story follows Otello, a black association football player and his high-profile relationship with Desmerelda, a white celebrity. It also has a parallel plot about three street kids trying ...
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The Murdstone Trilogy is a novel by Mal Peet.It was the final novel completed by Peet before his death in 2015 (he was writing another book, Beck, when he died, and it was completed by his longtime friend Meg Rosoff). [1]
Mal Peet: Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal: Candlewick Press: Matthew Polly: American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China: Penguin Group USA/Gotham Books: Brian Selznick: The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel: Scholastic: Shaun Tan: The Arrival: Scholastic/Arthur A ...