Helen Peters

  • 5 stars across 28 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

"Moving and utterly enthralling" - Lissa EvansAs life for German Jews becomes increasingly perilous, Anna's parents put ... MoreAnna at War

(31 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

(14 reviews) Review
1st August 2024

The Great Farm Rescue: Hannah's Farm Series

A thrilling, funny, heartwarming story from the amazing Helen Peters. THE GREAT FARM RESCUE is the third brilliant story... MoreThe Great Farm Rescue: Hannah's Farm Series

(9 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

(7 reviews) Review
5th April 2012

The Secret Hen House Theatre: Hannah's Farm Series

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: Hannah's Farm Series

(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
6th October 2016

A Piglet Called Truffle

The fifth 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
14th September 2023

A Hedgehog Called Snuffle

The fifteenth in a fantastic series of animal stories for younger readers by Waterstones Children's Book Prize-shortlist... MoreA Hedgehog Called Snuffle

(3 reviews) Review
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