Author(s): Anne Fine

Young Adult

Every teenager remembers when they realised how disappointing their parents actually are. Scarlet’s feeling that in spades. Her mum has left for a new life with a new love, and her dad’s just hopeless. She’s feeling stuck in the middle. Shades of Scarlet is a deeply insightful, sharply funny book, about how growing up means coming to terms with your parents’ lives being just as messy as your own.