From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, written and illustrated by E. L. Konigsburg.
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TextPublication details: New York, Atheneum, 1967.Edition: [1st ed.]Description: 162 p. ill. 22 cmISBN: - 9780689205866
- Newbery Medal, 1968.
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Konigsburg, E L | Available | 33111005658865 | ||||||
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Main Library | Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's | Konigsbu E. L. | 1968 | Available | Newbery/Caldecott Award Winner | 33111005703539 |
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A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021)
Run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with E. L. Konigsburg's beloved classic and Newbery Medal-winning novel From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler !
When Claudia decided to run away, she planned very carefully. She would be gone just long enough to teach her parents a lesson in Claudia appreciation. And she would go in comfort-she would live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She saved her money, and she invited her brother Jamie to go, mostly because be was a miser and would have money.
Claudia was a good organizer and Jamie bad some ideas, too; so the two took up residence at the museum right on schedule. But once the fun of settling in was over, Claudia had two unexpected problems: She felt just the same, and she wanted to feel different; and she found a statue at the Museum so beautiful she could not go home until she bad discovered its maker, a question that baffled the experts, too.
The former owner of the statue was Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Without her--well, without her, Claudia might never have found a way to go home.
Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself.
Newbery Medal, 1968.