Monday, March 24, 2008

Framed; A True Masterpiece

I have to say, Framed by Frank Cottrell Boyce is my favorite book to listen to (as an audio book) on the road. Hands down!

Framed tells the story of Dylan Hughes and the small town of Manod, where he lives. When some paintings from the National Gallery are housed in Manod Mountain for safekeeping, things go, as Dylan would say, completely hectic! Everyone is changed in one way or another. Everyone from Daft Tom, the adult who's obsessed with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, to Dylan's sister Minnie, the criminal mastermind-in-training. But there are good and bad sides to these changes. For instance, why has Dylan's father suddenly vanished? Why is Dylan's other sister Marie so upset? And one huge change that could involve Dylan in the crime of the century...

This is a FANTASTIC book for families to read together. My whole family agrees that it desperately needs to be a movie (hint hint).