Framed is about a nine-year-old boy named Dylan who has an obsession with the TV animation ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’, which shows during the book as there are many mentions of it. He and his family are made up of his dad, mum, two sisters Marie and Minnie (the master-criminal in training wheels!) and his little baby brother, Max. They own a small garage in a little village called Manod in Wales; no-one knows about this remote place which has the lowest crime rate in the Britain, but the highest rainfall as well. Dylan is the only boy left in Manod and so has no-one to play football with. When the dad leaves home and the family business starts to fail, everything seems lost. In this tiny little village nothing ever happens. Except one day, cars and vans went up the slate mountain and didn’t come down … 

The book is quite childish; it’s an easy read of about 311 pages. It has a slow start with a lot of little things which eventually lead on to the main plot. It starts getting interesting at about page 250. I thought the front cover was misleading because it looks like a mysterious heist, but it isn’t that interesting; other people say it’s boring because the plot goes nowhere. There are quite a few cheesy moments which I think brings the book down.

I would recommend Framed for younger less experienced readers, because to be honest; I don’t read much and so I found it enjoyable. I would recommend it to young readers of about 9–10 years old.

I will rate the book 7/10.