The second novel from the Carnegie Medal-winning author of "Millions" tells the story of a young boy-turned-art thief. Charming and hilarious.--"Publishers Weekly" (starred review).
Frank Cottrell Boyce is the author of Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth, The Astounding Broccoli Boy, Cosmic, Framed, and Millions, the last of which was a New York Times bestseller and was made into a movie by Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle. His books have won or been nominated for numerous awards, including the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, and the Whitbread Children's Book Award. Frank is also a screenwriter, having penned the scripts for a number of feature films as well as the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. He lives in Liverpool with his family.
Show moreThe second novel from the Carnegie Medal-winning author of "Millions" tells the story of a young boy-turned-art thief. Charming and hilarious.--"Publishers Weekly" (starred review).
Frank Cottrell Boyce is the author of Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth, The Astounding Broccoli Boy, Cosmic, Framed, and Millions, the last of which was a New York Times bestseller and was made into a movie by Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle. His books have won or been nominated for numerous awards, including the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, and the Whitbread Children's Book Award. Frank is also a screenwriter, having penned the scripts for a number of feature films as well as the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. He lives in Liverpool with his family.
Show moreFrank Cottrell Boyce is the author of Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth, The Astounding Broccoli Boy, Cosmic, Framed, and Millions, the last of which was a New York Times bestseller and was made into a movie by Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle. His books have won or been nominated for numerous awards, including the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, and the Whitbread Children's Book Award. Frank is also a screenwriter, having penned the scripts for a number of feature films as well as the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. He lives in Liverpool with his family.
"Truly a masterpeice." -- School Library Journal (starred review)"Boyce's signature daffiness plays hilarity and pathos off each other with not one wrong note." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"This sophomore effort from the author of the witty and wonderful Millions is equally charming and hilarious." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)"This novel's wry, quirky sweetness [will connect] with readers on a number of points." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)"Readers will be charmed." -- ALA Booklist"Endearingly ingenuous." -- Horn Book Magazine
What can be said about a novel that successfully combines threads about Italian Renaissance art and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? As Dylan Hughes, the narrator might put it, "completely mint." The leading export in the small Welsh town of Manod is its people, leaving the Hughes family with a gas station but few cars. Serendipitously, Dylan's mother buys an espresso machine at a car-boot sale at the same time that a large group of out-of-towners arrives. Flooding in London has led the National Gallery to move its valuable holdings to an abandoned quarry just up the mountain from the Hughes' garage. The art chief mistakes Dylan for a precocious art aficionado after hearing the names of Dylan's pet chickens: Donatello and Michelangelo. (Turtles' fans will know the real namesakes.) Meanwhile, Dylan's younger sister, a criminal mastermind-in-the-making, notes, "Art and criminals go together like fish and chips," and plots to right the family's fortunes by nicking Van Gogh's Sunflowers, and replacing it with a paint-by-numbers look-alike. Boyce plants a terrific message about the power of art to inspire and transform, as well as a belly laugh on nearly every page. The quirky Hugheses may be the most winning family of wacky Brits to cross the Atlantic since Hilary McKay's Cassons. Even the minor characters here, such as bossy schoolteacher Ms. Stannard and the dour town butcher, are deftly drawn. This sophomore effort from the author of the witty and wonderful Millions is equally charming and hilarious. Ages 8-12. (Sept.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
"Truly a masterpeice." -- School Library Journal (starred review)"Boyce's signature daffiness plays hilarity and pathos off each other with not one wrong note." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"This sophomore effort from the author of the witty and wonderful Millions is equally charming and hilarious." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)"This novel's wry, quirky sweetness [will connect] with readers on a number of points." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)"Readers will be charmed." -- ALA Booklist"Endearingly ingenuous." -- Horn Book Magazine
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