Creepy Araminta by Anne Fine

Creepy Araminta by Anne Fine

The portrait of a beautiful girl with tumbling red hair takes on sinister undertones in this unnerving tale from much-loved, multi-award-winning author Anne Fine.

Jess is delighted when she finds the perfect picture to cover up a dirty mark on her bedroom wall. The beautiful portrait of a girl with tumbling red hair is exactly the right size, and she doesn’t even have to pay for it!

But when she hangs the painting in her room, Jess is tormented by disturbing nightmares featuring Araminta from the portrait.

Her mum thinks Jess is making it all up, but she’s in for a shock when she experiences the power of the painting for herself …

Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 7.

Anne Fine is an award-winning author who was the second UK Children’s Laureate. She has written over seventy books for children and amongst her best known are Goggle-Eyes, which won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and the Carnegie Medal, Madame Doubtfire, which was later adapted into the film, and Flour Babies, which won the Carnegie Medal.