Framed (Cottrell-Boyce novel)

Novel by Frank Cottrell Boyce

Framed

First edition (publ. HarperCollins)

Author| Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Publisher| HarperCollins
ISBN| 0-060-73403-5

Framed is a 2005 children's novel by English writer Frank Cottrell-Boyce. It was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, Whitbread Children's Book of the Year, Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, and Blue Peter Book Award.

The novel takes its setting from a true-life event, when the Manod (Cwt-y-Bugail) quarry at Blaenau Ffestiniog was used to store art treasures from the National Gallery and the Tate Gallery during World War II.

## Summary

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

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Framed is a Junior Library Guild book.[1] Both the book and audiobook received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly.[2][3] Booklist also reviewed the book and audiobook.[4][5]

Awards for Framed Year  | Award  | Result  | Ref.

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2005  | Carnegie Medal  | Shortlist  | [6]
Whitbread Children's Book of the Year  | Shortlist  | [citation needed]
2006  | Guardian Children's Fiction Prize  | Shortlist  | [7][8]
2007  | Blue Peter Book Award  | Shortlist  | [9]

## Television film adaptation

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Framed was produced as an adult television film by the BBC, starring Trevor Eve and Eve Myles, and adapted by the author.[10] It was first shown on 31 August 2009.[11]

## Footnotes

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1. ^ "Framed". Junior Library Guild. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
2. ^ "Framed by Frank Boyce Cottrell". Publishers Weekly. 28 August 2006. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
3. ^ "Framed by Frank Boyce Cottrell". Publishers Weekly. 16 October 2006. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
4. ^ "Framed". Booklist. 1 September 2006. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
5. ^ "Framed (audiobook)". Booklist. 15 February 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
6. ^ Pauli, Michelle (5 May 2006). "Veterans dominate Carnegie medal shortlist". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 10 October 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
7. ^ "The CILIP Carnegie Medal Shortlist for 2007". The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
8. ^ "Children's Fiction Prize 2006". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 22 January 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
9. ^ "Blue Peter Book Awards 2007". Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
10. ^ "Press Office - Framed press pack: Trevor Eve". BBC. Archived from the original on 24 June 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
11. ^ "BBC website with photos". BBC. Archived from the original on 14 May 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2009.

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