The Frame-Up - Hardcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Wendy Mcleod MacKnight lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, and wrote her debut novel at age nine. During her first career, she worked for the government of New Brunswick as the deputy minister of education, among other positions. She has been known to wander art galleries and have spirited conversations with the paintings--mostly in her head, though sometimes not. She hopes that readers will be inspired to create their own masterpieces and visit their own local art galleries. And even better, she hopes they'll come to Fredericton, visit the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, and meet Mona and the rest of the characters in her book.

Ian Schoenherr grew up near Locktown, New Jersey. He has written and illustrated three books--Read It, Don't Eat It!; Cat & Mouse; and Pip & Squeak--and illustrated numerous books by other authors, including Little Raccoon's Big Question, by Miriam Schlein. The artist lives in Woodside, New York.

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The residents of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery live by a very specific set of rules:

• Under no circumstances are residents to interact with humans or move about when there are humans in the building.
• Do not get caught outside your painting.
• Do not go into someone else’s painting without his or her permission.
• Failure to abide by these rules will result in punishment and possible banishment.

Thirteen-year-old Mona Dunn is about to break the first two. But she’s been trapped in the same place for more than a hundred years. So, really, who can blame her?

 Twelve-year-old Sargent Singer believes in his own set of rules:

• Dad abandoned you, so don’t trust him.
• This summer is going to be a disaster.
• Just get through it.
• You don’t need friends.

Meanwhile, magic and mischief is brewing at the Beaverbrook. And when Sargent catches a glimpse of something unexpected and forbidden, his rules go out the window, too, and that mischief snowballs into a friendship story, a mystery, and a crime caper like no other. Exactly who is framing whom?