| Product Summary | | Format: Paperback | | ISBN: 9780689711817 | | Publisher: Aladdin Publishing Company | | Publish Date: 8/1/1987 | | Buy.com Sku: 30126367 | | Item#: R7W76G | | Dimensions (in Inches) 7.75H x 5L x 0.5T |
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| | | | "Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away. That is, running way in the heat of anger with a knapsack on her back. She didn't like discomfort, even picnics were untidy and inconvenient: all those insects and the sun melting the icing on the cupcakes..." (from the first line) When Claudia and Jamie plan to run away from home, they decide that the Metropolitan Museum of Art would be a very comfortable place to live. So they settle in and soon find themselves in the middle of a controversy over the authenticity of a new statue.
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Part adventure story, part mystery, FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER tells of a sister and brother's amazing sojourn in New York City. Fed up with life in suburban Connecticut, and wanting an adventure that will make her more appreciated by her family and "different" to herself, 12-year-old Claudia Kincaid decides to run away from home. She asks her younger brother, Jamie, to come with her, not only for his company, but also for the fact that he has managed to save a lot of money, which she will need to bankroll her trip. Practical beyond belief, Claudia plans to eventually return home, but in the meantime, she has found an amazing place for them to stay--The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ||Claudia and Jamie become fascinated by the Museum's latest acquisition, a statue that might have been sculpted by Michelangelo. Determined to prove once and for all that the Renaissance artist created the statue, Claudia and Jamie reach out to its previous owner, an eccentric widow named Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Mrs. Frankweiler claims to know the identity of the artist--but will she share what she knows with Claudia and Jamie? Illustrated with B&W drawings, FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER won the 1968 Newbery Medal and has been a children's classic ever since.
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"Fresh and crisply written with uncommonly real and likable characters."School Library Journal
"This novel has all [readers] hope for in a book: humor, suspense, intrigue, and their problems acknowledged seriously but not somberly." |
| Author Bio| E. L. Konigsburg | | Elaine Loeb Konigsburg attended Carnegie-Mellon University where she majored in chemistry. After graduation she worked as a chemist and taught chemistry before becoming a mother and a full-time author. Her first two novels were both published in 1967--the first, JENNIFER, HECATE, MACBETH, WILLIAM, MCKINLEY, AND ME, ELIZABETH was named a Newbery Honor Book; the second, FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER won the Newbery Medal and continues to be a children's classic. She won the Newbery Medal again for her novel VIEW FROM SATURDAY. In addition to her work as an author, Konigsburg is also a painter; her artwork illustrates many of her novels. |
| Awards |
Newbery Medal (1968) |  | won, Children's | | |
| | Read A Chapter | An Excerpt from From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs.
Basil E. Frankweiler
Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running
away. That is, running away in the heat of anger with a knapsack on her
back. She didn't like discomfort; even picnics were untidy and inconvenient:
all those insects and the sun melting the icing on the cupcakes. Therefore,
she decided that her leaving home would not be just running from somewhere
but would be running to somewhere. To a large place, a comfortable place,
and indoor place, and preferably a beautiful place. And that's why she decided
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Basil E. Frankweiler Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away. That is, running away in the heat of anger with a knapsack on her back. She didn't like discomfort; even picnics were untidy and inconvenient: all those insects and the sun melting the icing on the cupcakes. Therefore, she decided that her leaving home would not be just running from somewhere but would be running to somewhere. To a large place, a comfortable place, and indoor place, and preferably a beautiful place. And that's why she decided upon the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Continues...
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