I couldn't have felt more sorry for her. After all, I read more than my fair share of books that made me keep the light on all night long. And lots of books that made me sad, or anxious, till things work out right. But I don't end up in a state like her, halfway to fainting because of three or four grisly pages, and not even able to look at the cover of that book again without wanting to shudder.
'A gift,' her mother called it. But, the more Imogen told me about it, the more I thought that that was totally the wrong word.
'Curse' was more like it.
Yes. Not 'gift', but 'curse'...
Mel is the class bookworm. She prefers books to people and doesn't want to be a first-week minder for new girl, Imogen. But there's something very strange about Imogen and, as Mel slowly uncovers the truth, she begins to realize that stories can happen in real life, too. And only she can stop Imogen's private horror story -- stop the bad dreams...
A gripping tale of real life and story lives - and of the importance of being free to be yourself.
"At the moment I'm reading a really fab book called Bad Dreams and it's by Anne Fine and I think she is a cool author.The thing I like about Anne Fine is the way her books are written."
Morgan, aged 10, on BBC radio's Go 4 It.
Bad Dreams is a book for children in the middle age range; it was first published in 2000.
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