British author Geraldine McCaughrean has written the first authorized sequel to J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan. It's called Peter Pan in Scarlet, and it's due out on October 5th.

McCaughrean was chosen in 2004 by the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital (who own the copyright to Peter Pan), after they held a worldwide contest to find the perfect author to continue Barrie's story. McCaughrean has written over a hundred novels for children and adults, and will split the profits from the novel 50/50 with the hospital. [Source]

P.S. ...yeah, I hate that cover.

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