The Painting (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781101918876)

A haunting, beautiful middle-grade novel about fractured relationships, loss, ghosts, friendship and art.

Annie and her mother don't see eye to eye. When Annie finds a painting of a lonely lighthouse in their home, she is immediately drawn to it--and her mother wishes it would stay banished in the attic. To her, art has no interest, but Annie loves drawing and painting.

When Annie's mother slips into a coma following a car accident, strange things begin to happen to Annie. She finds herself falling into the painting and meeting Claire, a girl her own age living at the lighthouse. Claire's mother Maisie is the artist behind the painting, and like Annie, Claire's relationship with her mother is fraught. Annie thinks she can help them find their way back to each other, and in so doing, help mend her relationship with her own mother.

But who IS Claire? Why can Annie travel through the painting? And can Annie help her mother wake up from her coma?

The Painting is a touching, evocative story with a hint of mystery and suspense to keep readers hooked.

Author: Charis Cotter
ISBN-10: 110191887X
ISBN-13: 9781101918876
Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)
Language: English
Published: 09/19/2017
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.80w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2017
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2017 pg. 50
School Library Journal 09/01/2017
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2018 pg. 76