When Mum gives her the notebook, Scarlet should be happy. It's beautiful, with its shiny scarlet cover and its blank pages full of promise. But Scarlet is absolutely not in the mood for a peace offering. Does Mum really think she can tear their family apart and expect Scarlet to be happy about it? And it's Dad's fault too. Why didn't he fight to keep them all together? Now Scarlet has to start a new life, and none of it was her choice. Scarlet decides there's only one thing she can write in the notebook. The truth, about everything . . .

SHADES OF SCARLET is a deeply insightful, sharply funny book by bestselling author Anne Fine, about how growing up means coming to terms with your parents' lives being just as messy as your own . . .

About the Author
Anne Fine is a distinguished writer for both adults and children. Her novel Goggle-Eyes won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize as well as Britain's most coveted award for children's literature, the Carnegie Medal. She won the Carnegie Medal again for Flour Babies, which also won the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award. Her novel Madame Doubtfire was adapted into the phenomenally successful film Mrs Doubtfire, starring Robin Williams. Anne Fine was Children's Laureate between 2001 and 2003.

Reviews
This rite-of-passage story is compelling, entertaining, insightful and kind * Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week *
The perfect novel for young teens . . . An absolute triumph of a novel * BookTrust *
A brilliant as well as a timely novel * Books for Keeps *
A funny and heart-warming tale of growing up and getting wise * LoveReading *



Book Information
ISBN 9781788451352
Author Anne Fine
Format Hardback
Page Count 288
Imprint David Fickling Books
Publisher David Fickling Books
Weight(grams) 392g
Dimensions(mm) 214mm * 144mm * 28mm