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Children's Fiction Horror & Ghost Stories

The Strange and Deadly Portraits of Bryony Gray

by (author) E. Latimer

Publisher
Tundra
Initial publish date
Feb 2018
Category
Horror & Ghost Stories, Girls & Women, General
Recommended Age
10 to 18
Recommended Grade
5 to 12
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781101919286
    Publish Date
    Feb 2018
    List Price
    $21.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781101919309
    Publish Date
    Apr 2020
    List Price
    $14.99

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Description

Lemony Snicket meets Oscar Wilde meets Edgar Allan Poe in this exciting and scary middle-grade novel inspired by The Picture of Dorian Gray -- a family curse is unleashed!

Bryony Gray is becoming famous as a painter in London art circles. But life isn't so grand. Her uncle keeps her locked in the attic, forcing her to paint for his rich clients . . . and now her paintings are taking on a life of their own, and customers are going missing under mysterious circumstances.

When her newest painting escapes the canvas and rampages through the streets of London, Bryony digs into her family history, discovering some rather scandalous secrets her uncle has been keeping, including a deadly curse she's inherited from her missing father. Bryony has accidentally unleashed the Gray family curse, and it's spreading fast.

With a little help from the strange-but-beautiful girl next door and her paranoid brother, Bryony sets out to break the curse, dodging bloodthirsty paintings, angry mobs and her wicked uncle along the way.

About the author

Awards

  • Nominated, Red Maple Award
  • Nominated, Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award

Contributor Notes

E. LATIMER lives in Vancouver, Canada. Her breakout success on the online writing platform Wattpad has resulted in a fanbase of nearly 90k followers, with over 20 million combined reads. She also vlogs weekly on the YA Word Nerds YouTube channel and hosts chats on Twitter. A former children's bookseller, she is focusing on her writing while still maintaining her Wattpad presence by hosting the Wattpad4 chats, which have featured guests like Lauren DeStefano, Leigh Bardugo, Beth Revis and Victoria Aveyard (among others). This is her first middle-grade novel.
Website: elatimer.com
Twitter: @ELatimerWrites

Editorial Reviews

"An action-packed adventure that is lightly laced with horror, there is a little something for everyone in this middle grade debut. Recommended." --CM Magazine

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