‘Peter Pan’ sequel due this year

Geraldine McCaughrean’s sequel to the “Peter Pan” classic will be published this fall, but the only information available about it now is its title -- “Peter Pan in Scarlet.”

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London owns the copyright to the original J.M. Barrie story about the boy who never grew up.

After a worldwide search for an author, the hospital trustees chose McCaughrean to write the sequel. The trust stipulated that the book must feature the original characters: Peter, Wendy, Tinkerbell, the rest of the Darling family and the fearsome Captain Hook.

The trustees have read and approved McCaughrean’s recently finished manuscript and it will be published by Oxford University Press on Oct. 5.

The royalties for the new book will be split between McCaughrean and the hospital.