Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Framed / Frank Cottrell Boyce 306 p.

Dylan Hughes, only boy left in Manod, meets the curator Quentin Lester when he shows up with London's National Gallery paintings to store in an abandoned slate mine. This is top secret. Lester decides that Dylan is a kindred art loving spirit when he meets Dylan's chickens named after Renaissance artists (really after the Teen-Age Ninja Turtles - but Lester doesn't know about the Ninja Turtles). Dylan look for ways to turn the Snowdonia Oasis Auto Marvel around...an urgent need as his father has abandoned the family when the business is about to be foreclosed. Lester decides to share a few of his treasures with Dylan which morphs into the entire community. A charming story of how paintings influence people. I especially liked how the painting The Umbrellas by Renoir so affected Dylan's mom that she buys up umbrellas to share with the townsfolk. Be ready for questions about the paintings discussed.

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