From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler: Special Edition (35) (Newbery Medal Ser.)

By: E.L. Konigsburg

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Synopsis: Now available in a deluxe keepsake edition!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.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 176 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781442431263
Related ISBNs:: 9781534436459
Publisher:: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Date of Addition:: 05/14/25
Copyrighted By:: E. L. Konigsburg
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Children's Books, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
Grade Levels:: Third grade, Fourth grade, Fifth grade, Sixth grade, Seventh grade
Reading Age:: 8–12
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.