(2) YA In early-twentieth-century Liverpool, biracial orphan Beck is sent to Canada as free farm labor. The novel follows him on a hardship-filled journey (including being raped by a priest and abused by a racist farm couple) until he meets half-Siksika, half-Scottish Grace, whose story merges with his. The vibrancy, earthiness, and originality of the prose is startling. (A note explains that Rosoff finished the novel after Peet's death). Bib.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2017

(3) YA Washed-up British YA author Philip Murdstone is pressured by his agent to write something she can sell: high fantasy. Horrified at the prospect and in a drunken stupor, the old man has a vision of a Phantasy epic and makes a Faustian deal with a dwarfish stranger. Clearly adult-aimed but with appeal for mature teen fans, Peet's raunchy dark comedy brilliantly satirizes publishing.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

(3) 1-3 Illustrated by Patrick Benson. In this well-imagined tale set along the Silk Road, Yazul learns about kite-making from his grandfather and uses that knowledge to save his father's han (walled settlement) from bandits. A particular time and place are not specified, but complex relationships between the family's three generations feel authentic. Pages are beautifully presented with ornate borders and illustrated in tones of blue and brown.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by P. J. Lynch. Issa finds a baby in the desert and lovingly raises the girl, teaching her to be a guide like himself; when Issa goes blind, Mariama becomes his eyes. One day the kind pair guides a band of travelers who change their lives. The imagined West Africa setting is enchantingly crisp in both the poetic prose and in Lynch's lavish watercolor and gouache paintings.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

(1) YA In this story spanning 1945 through the present, Clem Ackroyd tells of his clandestine relationship with upper-class Frankie Mortimer. While in 1962 Clem and Frankie move ever deeper into love, the Americans and Russians are facing off--a backdrop that charges the book's plot and themes. Peet's subtle, literary play with narrative voice, style, and chronology makes this a satisfyingly sophisticated novel.

Reviewer: Deirdre F. Baker | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2011

(3) 1-3 Illustrated by Juan Wijngaard. Tashi shares her fruit with the wild monkeys near the tea plantation where her mother toils. When her mother falls ill, the monkeys bring Tashi "cloud tea," which she sells for enough money to solve her problems. Inspired by Himalayan legends, this original tale has a timeless feel. Delicate ink and gouache paintings and ink vignettes display rural mountain life.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(2) YA Soccer player Otello marries pop star Desmerelda; their relationship is undermined by Diego, Otello's duplicitous agent. Before this Shakespeare reworking winds to its expected conclusion, it intersects with another tragedy: the murder of a street kid. Peet successfully blends sports writing with crime fiction to explore race and class divisions in addition to issues of trust, loyalty, and celebrity.

Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2009

(3) YA After an eighteen-year-old soccer star is kidnapped, South American sportswriter Paul Faustino discovers that superstition, police corruption, and black magic are all involved. Faustino's story is interwoven with sections narrated by a priest who describes his own kidnapping, centuries earlier, by slave traders in Africa. Peet has crafted a profoundly dark companion tale to Keeper, with vengeance at its core.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) YA Readers might think they've wandered into Ken Follett territory. After a brief prologue set in 1979, the story turns to 1944, when two Dutch nationals turned British agents are parachuted into Nazi-occupied Holland. This is satisfying genre fiction; when introducing a YA slant things become a bit awkward. While occasionally purple, the writing is dramatic, and the Resistance activities are suspenseful.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2007