Anneli the Art Hater [Paperback]

Anne Fine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2002

Anneli hates art - art lessons are awful and trips to galleries just make her squirm. Now she's got to try to find something precious in her attic to make some money to save the big house on the road, now a home for children with disabilities. It seems ridiculous, but when she looks, she finds a door leading through her attic and into a room in the next house. It's full, to Anneli's disgust, of paintings. But there she meets Mrs Pears who tells her about her brother Tom. He copied huge numbers of paintings by other artists, hoping to raise money to run away from his father who hated his painting. But he never used his running away fund - the war came, and he was killed, leaving his last painting to his sister Mrs Pears. Anneli is puzzled by the picture - it shows the big house, but with only six trees showing, instead of seven. She knows it's a clue, and finds the running away fund for Mrs Pears. And now they know how to make money to save the house - Anneli sits for her art class to recreate Tom's painting of Mrs Pears as a child, and the paintings are very successfully auctioned off to their parents.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"'Fine has a rare genius for building a funny, enriching and moving story around the nuts and bolts of school life' The Times * 'A remarkable writer' British Book News * 'Anne Fine is an author who knows how to make readers laugh' Guardian" --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Anne Fine is one of the UK's best-loved authors. She was the Children's Laureate from 2001-2003. She has won the Carnegie Medal twice - in 1989 and 1992 - and the Whitbread Award twice - in 1993 and 1996. She has published over 50 titles for children, and also writes for adults. When Anne was Children's Laureate, she initiated a system to encourage children to begin a home library, by collecting book plates. These can still be downloaded from www.myhomelibrary.org. Anne lives in County Durham and was awarded an OBE in 2003. www.annefine.co.uk --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Egmont Books; Enlarged edition edition (October 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 140520186X
• ISBN-13: 978-1405201865
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,515,349 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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