The Empty Frame
No. of pages 224
Published: 2012
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A chilling ghost story from award-winning novelist, Ann Pilling.
Sam, Floss, and their foster brother, Magnus, spend their holidays with cousin M. at The Abbey. On their first night, Magnus hears a woman crying and when he goes to investigate he discovers that the sixteenth-century portrait of Lady Alice Neale, hung in the Great Hall, is now just an empty frame. Magnus shares his secret with the others and soon they are drawn into a web of family mystery and murder.
Ann Pilling has written a mystery novel of subtle twist and movement; fascinating historical detail entwined with a familial story which will tug at the heart-strings.
This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.
There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by HarperCollins Publishers .
ANN PILLING, author of more than a dozen children's novels, including the Guardian award-winning Henry's Leg.
This book is in the following series:
Cambridge Reading
Cambridge Reading is at Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) and offers fiction, non-fiction, poetry and plays to introduce children to a variety of text types, authors and illustrators and provide a firm base for wider reading. Key features include: a coherent yet flexible structure for teaching and learning; a variety of high quality, attractive picture books; a balance of different text types and genres, including stories, poems and information books; an integrated phonics programme; comprehensive support materials.
