Watch Helen Peters read an exclusive extract from her new book

Evie’s Ghost, the fantastic new 9-12 novel by Helen Peters, author of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize-shortlisted The Secret Hen House Theatre, The Farm Beneath the Water, and the Jasmine Green series, will be in shops from tomorrow – and today you can watch Helen reading an exclusive extract from the book.

Part Gosford Park, part Charlotte Sometimes, and part The Go-Between, Evie’s Ghost is an absolutely brilliant time-slip story – spine-tingling, moving, funny and heartbreaking.

And as well as this exclusive extract read by Helen, you can also read the book’s opening chapters – here’s a look inside:

There are a very limited number of signed copies of Evie’s Ghost available from the Nosy Crow shop – you can buy your signed copy of the book here.