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From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Paperback – Deckle Edge, September 25, 2007
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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.
- Print length176 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level3 - 7
- Lexile measure700L
- Dimensions5.5 x 0.5 x 8.25 inches
- Publication dateSeptember 25, 2007
- ISBN-101416949755
- ISBN-13978-1416949756
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- Publisher : Atheneum Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition (September 25, 2007)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 176 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1416949755
- ISBN-13 : 978-1416949756
- Reading age : 8 - 11 years, from customers
- Lexile measure : 700L
- Grade level : 3 - 7
- Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #60,785 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #74 in Children's Art Fiction
- #478 in Children's Mystery, Detective, & Spy
- #932 in Children's Classics
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About the author
E. L. Konigsburg is the only author to have won the Newbery Medal and be runner-up in the same year. In 1968 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler won the Newbery Medal and Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth was named Newbery Honor Book. Almost thirty years later she won the Newbery Medal once again for The View From Saturday. She has also written and illustrated three picture books: Samuel Todd's Book of Great Colors, Samuel Todd's Book of Great Inventions, and Amy Elizabeth Explores Bloomingdale's. In 2000 she wrote Silent to the Bone, which was named a New York Times Notable Book and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, among many other honors.
After completing her degree at Carnegie Mellon University, Ms. Konigsburg did graduate work in organic chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh. For several years she taught science at a private girls' school. When the third of her three children started kindergarten, she began to write. She now lives on the beach in North Florida.
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My kids love it as well!
This book was really enjoyable to read. It didn't feel challenging, and I liked the action and the mystery. The writing was conversational, since the narrator, Mrs. Frankweiler, loves to insult her lawyer Saxonberg. I thought it was pretty funny because of the wacky plot. It grabbed me and I wanted to keep reading. My favorite part is when the kids first thought of trying to run away, although I was also very curious to learn who really carved the Angel. Maybe the author wanted readers to become curious-- it worked! The only thing I would have changed if I was the author, would be to make James not a cheapskate, because it didn't fit with the overall excitement of the story.
Middle school readers or mature older elementary readers will enjoy this action-packed tale. Very young readers might not get much out of the plot of the book: we start knowing nothing, and as we read, we understood much more. Although the book felt complete, the ending leaves the reader with many questions. I found it pretty unbelievable that two young kids could run away successfully. I definitely don't think this book could happen today in 2017, because things aren't as cheap anymore!
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I loved it.