Please note that we will automatically hold all schools orders from 30 March 2026 to 17 April 2026 due to the Easter break. We know that Easter holiday start dates vary this year so that the holiday period extends over three weeks. If your school remains open for delivery for all or part of this time and you'd like your books delivered, please let us know at online checkout, or by calling us on 0121 666 6646 or emailing hello@peters.co.uk.

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This kingdom will not kill me by Ilona Andrews

The ultimate cosplay/fan fiction - finding yourself in your favourite fantasy series! The how and why is left suitably mysterious, and the main character accepts her lot with alacrity. The accessible writing builds tension and excitement without taking itself too seriously. Lively, fresh escapism with romance and great cast of supporting characters. A fun read.

Hardback | RRP £22.00

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Game plan

Accessible and engaging read

Reviewed on 25th March 2026

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Happy list

Reviewed on 19th March 2026

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Feed your robot!

Interactive and entertaining

Reviewed on 18th March 2026

A beautiful guide to a host of islands around the world

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Once upon an island

A beautiful guide to a host of islands around the world

Reviewed on 11th March 2026

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Whack a moley

Funny and inventive

Reviewed on 4th March 2026

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Little Ghost convinces Big Ghost that having lots of possessions isn't as important as having a good friend they can rely on.

Surya knows exactly who they are. Coming out as non-binary to their queer parents and best friend? A total non-event. Catching feelings for Blessing - the boy in drama club whose smile makes their heart race? That's trickier.

A host of aliens decide to invade and take over Earth, but keep getting in the way of each other's plans for world domination.

Hank can be a little pesky, a little pecky and a teensy bit objectionable!

A new robot in the house causes trouble for Dadbot and his human family.

Juniper and her friends are put in danger when the greedy President Onyx tries to steal her technology.

Follows the story of two teens, trapped in impossible circumstances and unjust systems, willing to risk everything for love-no matter the consequences.

Moremi has only ever known of two dragon gods watching over the prosperous Kingdom of Kwa.

The stories of lost species, landmarks, artworks, treasures, and other curiosities from around the world.

The classic adventures of three children who find their new home is near a railway line.

It's summer at Whistledown Farm and there's plenty for Ava to do - from helping to shear the sheep to baling the hay.

A diary format title with a female 12-year old protagonist; think Wimpy Kid with autism, friendship and cats.

Meet the legendary football players from the FIFA World Cup

Animals are even more amazing than most people realise, and this title explores how animals can help people.

This book provides snapshots from our planet's vast history, as well as the science and geography that created them.

Magic has long been outlawed in Auréal. Odile has always known she'd be the one to restore it.

Welcome to Blood Island, where the struggle for survival against the bloodthirsty undead is captured on camera for entertainment.

A pig who enjoys pretending to be a monkey is almost found out.

A new annual of bizarre facts and trivia for 2026

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A teacher is dead. A pupil is missing. What are they hiding? When MJ Hudson, an old work acquaintance, shows up at Dr Kez Lanyon's house in the middle of the night, Kez knows she has no choice but to help.

There's no place to hide...A local MP is murdered by a far-right extremist gang in Snowdonia. DI Ruth Hunter and DS Nick Evans arrest one of the killers, Raymond Clarke, who agrees to give evidence if he and his family are taken into protective custody. Ruth is sure they'll be out of harm's way in the remote wilds near Bala Lake.

Eriko really wouldn't mind being savaged, if it was her best friend doing the savaging ...

Isabel and Edward meet as teenagers.

She's found her dream home but can she make her dreams a reality?

Fasten your seatbelts, darlings, it's been one helluva ride.

Cliffehaven, 1947

Former journalist Matt Grimshaw's life is at a low ebb. He's been 'let go' by the paper where he's worked for years, and his relationship with his long-term girlfriend has come unstuck.

When Imogen is told she's inherited a country house near Bath, she thinks it must be a mistake. She last saw its owner, reclusive artist Dorothea Roe, sixteen years ago, during a tragic summer which changed her life for ever.

New beginnings can be deadly.

Detective Jack leads Scotland Yard's fledgling art fraud unit, its survival hinging on exposing a suspected forgery - a multimillion-dollar Basquiat. When his informant, gallerist Ester Langton, is brutally murdered, Jack's hunt spirals into obsession. Clues point to Adam Border, a reclusive genius hiding in a decayed Sicilian villa haunted by Mafia ties and violent secrets.

An extraordinary new courtroom drama from Sunday Times bestselling thriller author James Patterson and Academy Award winner Viola Davis. Get ready to meet the most unforgettable character in years.

Bestsellers 29th March

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A host of aliens decide to invade and take over Earth, but keep getting in the way of each other's plans for world domination.

Greg discovers that when you mix heaps of family, a tiny beach house and sweltering heat, it's a recipe for disaster!

Three children enjoy a magical adventure in the fantasy land of the Faraway Tree.

Disaster strikes when Greg's family forget his birthday.

Bunny vs Monkey intergalactic monkey business!

Bunny, Monkey, and the rest of the residents of the woods discover a mini-Monkey and travel into space.

A group of scientists accidentally launch a power mad lab monkey into the woods, which he comes up with a plan to take over.

Follows an American boy through a school year of activities, friendships and family life

Join the journey as our heroes discover the influence of belief and find truth from within.

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When Bunny, Monkey and friends discover that all of existence is a virtual reality simulation, life gets a little bit crazy...

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The extremely embarrassing life of Lottie Brooks

Lottie Brooks is 11 3/4 and her life is already officially over - not only is she about to start high school without any friends or glamorous swooshy hair, she's just discovered she's too flat-chested to wear A BRA!

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Based on Netflix's hit animated film KPop Demon Hunters!

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Offers practical advice on various aspects of life, including school, friendships, and dealing with crushes.

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When pig disappears an unusual bearded stranger appears...

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A madcap comedy in which a team of donuts go to war with their mortal enemies, the bagels.

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Paedyn Gray has a life-altering choice to make and whatever she decides will determine her fate – and the fate of those around her – forever.

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The catastrophic friendship fails of Lottie Brooks

Lottie contends with more friendship issues when her relationship with Jess and Molly begins to fall apart.

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Follows the adventures of a character created by George and Harold who is half dog and half man and fights crime as a policeman.

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More bizarre adventures with the woodland creatures who continue to foil the plans of a monkey and his mad scientist skunk sidekick.

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The mega-complicated crushes of Lottie Brooks

Lottie Brooks goes on holiday and gets her very first boyfriend

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ARE YOU READY TO BRAVE THE DARK?

The Names is the story of three names, three versions of a life, and the infinite possibilities that a single decision can spark. It is the story of one family, and love's endless capacity to endure, no matter what fate has in store.

Jack Reacher will make three stops today. Not all of them were planned for.

The British Crown is in crisis, with constitutional threats at home and abroad. At a landmark moment in royal history, can King Charles overcome the scandals that blight the Royal family? Can the broken bonds between the Houses of Sussex and Windsor ever be repaired?

Influencer and baking sensation April Masterson knows the secret to the perfect gooey brownies. Or how to make key lime squares that will melt in your mouth. But if you keep watching her offline, you may find out some other secrets about April. Secrets she'd rather you didn't know.

A lone astronaut. An impossible mission. An ally he never imagined.

Fifteen-year-old István lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary. New to the town and shy, he is unfamiliar with the social rituals at school and soon becomes isolated, with his neighbour - a married woman close to his mother's age - as his only companion. As these encounters shift into a clandestine relationship, István's life spirals out of control.

YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE

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Rejection is physically painful for you. Even the most minor criticism stings. And why wouldn't it? By the time you were 12, you'd received 20,000 negative messages about yourself, your brain and your unique ADHD way of living life. 20,000.

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Eriko really wouldn't mind being savaged, if it was her best friend doing the savaging ...

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Tell me, little butterfly, what would you do for love?

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The Academy of Kindness exists to create agents of retribution, cast in the image of the Furies - The Kindly Ones - against whom even the gods hesitate to stand.

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He's the perfect man.

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"Three dead coppers, Tom, maybe four by lunchtime."

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You are one of five strangers whose day will start with the worst phone call imaginable.

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Connie is determined to host the perfect Christmas. But as all her family come together, explosive revelations and long-held secrets are set to destroy everything important in her world ...

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"Welcome to the family," Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I'll soon learn that the Winchesters' secrets are far more dangerous than my own . . .

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Sometimes, enough is enough...

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Everyone in the village said nothing good would come of Gabriel's return. And as Beth looks at the man she loves on trial for murder, she can't help thinking they were right.

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TEMPTRESS. MONSTER. WARRIOR. The Portuguese flag has been planted across Morocco, its empire ruling with an iron fist. But eventually, all empires must fall.

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20 September. Have a notion for a radio series - Awkward Conversations. Enough Said is Alan Bennett's fourth collection of diaries and prose. Covering the turbulent years 2016 to 2024, the diaries take us through lockdown, Brexit, the reign of Johnson, the rise of Trump and the death of the Queen.

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London, 1941

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Six years have passed since Jake Fisher watched Natalie, the love of his life, marry another man. Six years of hiding a broken heart by throwing himself into his career as a college professor. Six years of keeping his promise to leave Natalie alone, and six years of tortured dreams of her life with her new husband, Todd.

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She was promised a miracle. She got more then she bargained for.

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A moment is all it takes to shatter a family. The echoes last a lifetime...

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Recently widowed Halley Holbrook has spent decades building a career as a bestselling novelist. The victim of an extremely traumatic childhood, something she revealed only to her beloved husband, and the memories of which she has since tried to bury. Halley is now in her fifties and the mother of twin daughters who, while extremely close to her, are both ready to lead their own lives.