Nina Ruth Wint is seven years old, and she loves animals. She is vegetarian, and she has curly red hair that she constantly grows out, then cuts. She can't decide. She has a lizard named Tuttles, and he will eat just about anything. She always does crazy stuff because she wants attention from her sisters. Once, she took Graces makeup and fed it to Tuttles. Once she climbed up on the roof and stuffed Patricia's soccer ball down the chimney. She ran over Claire's notebook with her scooter.
When the Wints adopted Josephina six years ago, the out-of-place gift Josephina gave her was a sweater that was too small. She and Claire traded, so Nina got a Zubaloo (like a Webkinz stuffed animal) handbook, and Claire got the sweater. Nina still treasures the book today, and Claire cut up the sweater and made a headband. Go figure!