From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by Konigsburg, E. L.

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.

Author: E. L. Konigsburg
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 10/01/2002
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 6.90h x 4.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780689853548
Age Range: 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.7
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 29 / From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler