Booklist said, “This chapter book’s most memorable element is also its most unusual: the imaginative conviction that art is alive.” Includes images of the real paintings featured in the book. With an imaginative setting, lots of intrigue, and a thoroughly engaging cast of characters, The Frame-Up will captivate readers of Jacqueline West’s The Books of Elsewhere series. They must find a way to save the gallery-and each other-before they are lost forever. And when Mona and Sargent suspect shady dealings are happening behind the scenes at the gallery, they set out to uncover the culprit.

Luckily twelve-year-old Sargent Singer, an aspiring artist himself, is more interested in learning about the vast and intriguing world behind the frame than he is in sharing her secret. Mona Dunn, forever frozen at thirteen when her portrait was painted by William Orpen, has just broken that rule. There’s one important rule at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery-don’t let anyone know the paintings are alive.

School Library Journal said, “This middle grade read paints fantasy, humor, and mystery into a satisfying tale about the power of friendship.” Her language is astonishing.When Sargent Singer discovers that the paintings in his father’s gallery are alive, he’s pulled into a captivating world behind the frame he never knew existed.įilled with devious plots, shady characters, and a grand art heist, this inventive mystery-adventure celebrates art and artists and is perfect for fans of Night at the Museum and Blue Balliett’s Chasing Vermeer. This story is beautifully written as well. 'At the centre of her story is a really dark secret that puts the community at risk. She learned her skills from her mother, who was a beloved healer and known as a 'conjure woman.' 'The book's protagonist is a young woman named Rue, and she's the town midwife and healer. I've never read anything quite like this book.

Atakora has taken this and she set the story in a ruined plantation after the Civil War, where formerly enslaved people are trying to work the land and make a new life in this strange new world after years of horrible circumstances. It's based in part on the narratives of formerly enslaved people that were gathered by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s as part of the New Deal. The Frame-Up Show full title By Wendy McLeod MacKnight and Ian Schoenherr 4 / 5 ( 4 ratings ) About this ebook When Sargent Singer discovers that the paintings in his father’s gallery are alive, he is pulled into a captivating world behind the frame that he never knew existed. 'I've never read anything quite like this book. (Random House Trade Paperbacks, Edwin Tse) Afia Atakora was born in the United Kingdom and raised in New Jersey, where she now lives.

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