Truly Tan: Freaked!

Truly Tan Series

Author: Jen Storer

Illustrator: Claire Robertson

Book 4 in the Truly Tan series

Pages: 256

Published: 2014

Age: 8+

Tan Callahan, Great Detective, has never been fond of the old machinery shed. It's dusty and airless, full of dark secrets and bad memories. There's a mountain of junk in there too, broken chairs, sideboards, couches, books and overcoats. But worse still is the creepy portrait of an unnamed little girl. She has cold, dark eyes and a gloomy face. And if the girl isn't scary enough the china doll she's holding looks downright malicious. Tan vows to avoid the shed and the portrait at all costs. But when Great Aunt Aggie comes to stay, Tan discovers there's a whole lot more to the portrait than she ever imagined. There's a whole lot more to Great Aunt Aggie, too...

About the Truly Tan Series

Books in series order

  1. 1.Truly Tan(2012)
  2. 2.Truly Tan: Jinxed!(2013)
  3. 3.Truly Tan: Spooked!(2013)
  4. 4.Truly Tan: Freaked!(2014)
  5. 5.Truly Tan: Hoodwinked!(2016)
  6. 6.Truly Tan: Trapped!(2017)
  7. 7.Truly Tan: Baffled!(2018)
  8. 8.Truly Tan: Shocked!(2021)

Reading age: 8+ years

This series should be read in order.

Meet Tan. She′s funny. She′s lively. She has the mind of a Great Detective...

This is a charming, adorable and amusing series is about family life, settling into a new place, making friends, and finding out more about oneself. But most of all it’s a story about a feisty, highly imaginative and resourceful girl who is totally original! Truly Tan!

Funny and engaging, children who enjoy Clarice Bean and Ruby Redfort will go mad for Truly Tan!