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The empty frame

Ann Pilling

1997221 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1997
first published
  • 1997Collins · 221 pages · ENGISBN 9780001856790
  • 2001Collins · 223 pages · ENGISBN 9780007121540
  • 2012HarperCollins Publishers Limited · ENGISBN 9780007392421
  • University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations · ENGISBN 9780521499316

A ghost-story from award-winning novelist, Ann Pilling. Sam, Floss and Magnus spend their holidays with cousin Maude at the Abbey. On their first night, Magnus hears a woman crying. Investigating, he discovers the 16th-century portrait of Lady Alice Neale is now just an empty frame.

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Written forMiddle grade

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ThemesFamily
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