''Framed'' is a 2005 children's novel by English writer

Frank Cottrell-Boyce Frank Cottrell-Boyce (born 23 September 1959)"COTTRELL-BOYCE, Frank", ''Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2009 ; online edn, Nov 200 Retrieved 2010-05-16. is a British people, British screenwriter, ...

. It was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, Whitbread Children's Book of the Year,

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, and

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. The novel takes its setting from a true-life event, when the Manod (Cwt-y-Bugail) quarry at

Blaenau Ffestiniog Blaenau Ffestiniog () is a town in Gwynedd, Wales. Once a slate mining centre in historic Merionethshire, it now relies much on tourists, drawn for instance to the Ffestiniog Railway and Llechwedd Slate Caverns. It reached a population of 12,0 ...

was used to store art treasures from the National Gallery and the Tate Gallery during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

Summary

''Framed'', set in North Wales, is the story of how paintings moved from the

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in London affect the town of Manod. It follows Dylan Hughes, the only male resident of the Welsh village of Manod, and how the moving of paintings from the London's National Gallery into the quarry of the mountain in the town, leads to an attempted heist.

Reception

''Framed'' is a

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book. Both the book and audiobook received starred reviews from ''

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''. ''

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'' also reviewed the book and audiobook.

Television film adaptation

''Framed'' was produced as an adult

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by the

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, starring

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and

Eve Myles Eve Myles (born 26 July 1978) is a British actress from Ystradgynlais, Wales. Her television roles include Ceri Lewis in the long-running BBC Wales drama series '' Belonging'' (2000–2009), Gwen Cooper in the BBC science-fiction series '' To ...

, and adapted by the author. It was first shown on 31 August 2009.

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Framed (Novel) 2005 British novels British children's novels British novels adapted into films Novels by Frank Cottrell-Boyce Novels set in Gwynedd 2005 children's books HarperCollins books Children's books set in Wales Children's books set during World War II