Yes indeed, I have very much and most definitely enjoyed (even loved) the entire premise and set-up of how in the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, ALL of the paintings are seemingly alive and not just partially but wholly and completely so, with sorrows and joys, with jealousies, peccadilloes, you name it (and with the author's explantation as to why the paintings are in fact alert and living, as to why both the human and some of the animal characters are walking around, are feeling, talking, forging friendships, contemplating marriage etc. So my final verdict regarding Wendy McLeod MacKnight's The Frame-Up is definitely a trifle conflicted.

Includes a 16-page full-color insert showcasing 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.

They must find a way to save the gallery-and each other-before they are lost forever. 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.Īnd when Mona and Sargent suspect shady dealings are happening behind the scenes at the gallery, they set out to find the culprit.

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 Gallery-don’t let anyone know the paintings are alive. 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.įilled with shady characters, devious plots, 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.

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