Age
8-12
Grade
4-6
E.L. Konigsburg
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Hardcover
(Atheneum Books for Young Readers Nov. 1, 1970)
, Reprint Edition
2017 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the beloved classic 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.
- ISBN
- 9780689205 / 9780689205866
- Pages
- 168
- Weight
- 24.64 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.38 x 0.6
in.