Peter Pan in Scarlet

In August 2004, the Special Trustees of Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital launched the search for a sequel to JM Barrie’s timeless masterpiece, Peter Pan. The Special Trustees own the copyright and other intellectual property rights to Peter Pan, and to mark the work’s centenary, they authorised the creation of a new work that would share the same enchanting characters as the original, and bring as much pleasure to children and adults universally as Peter Pan has done. Fighting off fierce competition from over 100 other writers, multi-award winning author Geraldine McCaughrean was commissioned to write this official sequel. In her entry, the judges found something that captured the elusive spirit of the original whilst offering a fresh and astounding creative response. Set in the 1930s the new story of Peter Pan in Scarlet promises readers high adventure, dramatic tension and all the swashbuckling, danger and derring-do they can handle! Like Barrie’s story, it will appeal to readers the world over.