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Framed
By Boyce, Frank Cottrell
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06073-402-2 978-0-06073-403-9
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2006
Gr 6-9 Boyce -s second novel is written with the same charm and deadpan humor as "Millions" (HarperCollins, 2004). Dylan Hughes is the only boy living in Manod, an uneventful Welsh town of drizzling grayness that he thinks is full of Hidden Beauty. His best buddies are two agoraphobic chickens named Michelangelo and Donatello after the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. His family runs the Snowdonia Oasis Auto Marvel garage. When the business falters, his father takes off, and Dylan, Mam, his older sister, M...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2006
When all the paintings from London's National Gallery, which has suffered flood damage, are temporarily relocated to Manod, narrator Dylan Hughes's sodden, gray Welsh hometown, it seems to be just what the dying former slate-mining community needs to improve its self-image. The comedy of misperception reigns in Dylan's endearingly ingenuous account of his town and family's struggle for financial and emotional stability. The man overseeing the transfer of th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
