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Helen Peters

  • 5 stars across 23 books
Helen Peters Biography
Helen Peters grew up on an old-fashioned farm in Sussex, surrounded by family, animals and mud. She spent most of her childhood reading stories and putting on plays in a tumbledown shed that she and her friends turned into a theatre. After university, she became an English and Drama teacher. Her first book, The Secret Hen House Theatre, was published in 2012, and its sequel, The Farm Beneath the Water, in 2015. Helen lives with her husband and children in East Sussex.

Our favourite Helen Peters Book Characters
Evie - from Evie's Ghost
Jasmine and Tom - from A Duckling Called Button
Hannah - from The Secret Hen House Theatre
4th July 2019

Anna at War

Something rolled across the loft and dropped over the edge on to the barn floor. The man swore.My blood froze in my vein... MoreAnna at War

(30 reviews) Review
1st February 2018

A Lamb Called Lucky

The fifth in a fantastic series of animal stories for younger readers by Waterstones Children's Book Prize-shortlisted a... MoreA Lamb Called Lucky

(14 reviews) Review
6th July 2023

Friends and Traitors

Some secrets are just too dangerous to know... A gripping World War II story about how two girls foil an aristocratic pl... MoreFriends and Traitors

(13 reviews) Review
6th April 2017

Evie's Ghost

Compelling period fiction for 9+ readers from the Waterstones Children's Prize shortlisted Helen Peters.Evie couldn't be... MoreEvie's Ghost

(6 reviews) Review
7th July 2022

A Seal Pup Called Pearl

The thirteenth in a fantastic series of animal stories for younger readers by Waterstones Children's Book Prize-shortlis... MoreA Seal Pup Called Pearl

(4 reviews) Review
5th April 2012

The Secret Hen House Theatre

Beloved Waterstones Prize-shortlisted novel by Helen Peters about the ups and downs of running a family farm AND trying ... MoreThe Secret Hen House Theatre

(3 reviews) Review
6th October 2016

A Piglet Called Truffle

The first in a fantastic series of animal stories for younger readers by Waterstones Children's Book Prize-shortlisted a... MoreA Piglet Called Truffle

(3 reviews) Review
2nd March 2017

A Duckling Called Button

The second in a fantastic series of animal stories for younger readers by Waterstones Children's Book Prize-shortlisted ... MoreA Duckling Called Button

(3 reviews) Review
5th October 2017

A Kitten Called Holly

The fourth in a fantastic series of animal stories for younger readers by Waterstones Children's Book Prize-shortlisted ... MoreA Kitten Called Holly

(2 reviews) Review
2nd May 2019

An Otter Called Pebble

The seventh in a fantastic series of animal stories for younger readers by Waterstones Children's Book Prize-shortlisted... MoreAn Otter Called Pebble

(2 reviews) Review
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  • Evie's Ghost

    Evie's Ghost

    by Sallzz

    This is the best book I have ever read. I could not put it down. 

    I had not heard of Helen Peters before but I saw Evie’s ghost in the library, and...

  • A Hedgehog Called Snuffle

    A Hedgehog Called Snuffle

    by ESCP

    Thanks Nosy Crow for the advance copy of this book. 
    I can remember my children reading loads of Animal Ark books when they were young so Jasmine wit...

  • Friends and Traitors

    Friends and Traitors

    This is one of my favourite books that i have ever read! 
    I like the characters, they are believable and as a schoolgirl myself I love the way it is...