SuitabookCrime and consequences
Dylan and his sisters become involved in taking a valuable painting and consider using it to solve the garage’s financial problem.
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Frank Cottrell Boyce - Author
This is a comic, art-centred adventure in which a boy’s curiosity opens up a struggling Welsh community. It offers family relationships, local change and many real paintings.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a comic, art-centred adventure in which a boy’s curiosity opens up a struggling Welsh community. It offers family relationships, local change and many real paintings.
Dylan and his sisters become involved in taking a valuable painting and consider using it to solve the garage’s financial problem.
Paintings from the National Gallery affect people in Manod and inspire new activities, displays and community use of the boating lake.
Dylan is the only boy in his town and family circumstances are affected by work away from home, money worries and the garage’s difficulties.
The theft and ransom plan, valuable paintings, insurance pressures and a family’s financial difficulty may merit attention. The book also refers to a family member’s depression and to people leaving the town.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
Framed: Frank Cottrell Boyce | Teachers and schools | National Gallery, London
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