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Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away... so she decided not to run FROM somewhere, but TO somewhere. And so, after some careful planning, she and her younger brother, Jamie, escaped-- right into a mystery that made headlines!
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E. L. Konisburg is the only author to have won the prestigious Newbery Medal and been runner-up in the same year. In 1968, From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler won the medal and Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth, was named 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 Bloomingdales. E. L. Konisburg lives in North Florida, USA.
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41 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I must confess that this book had a rather unfortunate impact upon my young life, when I read it at the age of nine. For years afterwards I fantazised about running away from home and living in the Metropolitan Museum of Art like the book's heroine Claudia, and her little brother Jamie. Several times, in replication of their actions, I would fill my music case full of clean underwear and my school napsack full of my life savings, just in case I got the nerve to abscond to New York City and set up housekeeping amongst the plush, perfectly-preserved beds of 18th-century gentry. I never did, but the book still gave me a wonderful role model in the persona of the practical, intellectual, tidy, yet fiercely romantic Claudia that has lasted throughout my life. It also inspired a deep affection for Michelangelo's art, as the book's plot (besides the adventures of the young runaways) centers on the children's obsession with determining whether one the museum's recent acquisitions is an authentic work of the Master's. I remember so many wonderful, physical details of this book--the two siblings bathing in the fountain of the museum and collecting the change to feed themselves at the automat, Claudia posing and prodding her younger brother to say that she resembles the statue in question (of course, he maddeningly and purposefully refuses to understand her), and of course the mysterious instrument cases of dirty underwear found by the museum staff once the children have left. They go home to their parents, but without regretting what they have done, and all ends happily. The book is both absurd, amoral, and wonderfully rich in memorable physical detail, as is all great children's literature
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler is one of the best books I have ever read! You can't help but admired Claudia's strong-willed mind and her clever plan. It's a wonderful book!!!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was a wonderful book about a girl who runs away with her brother to a museum. they sleep in a big fancy bed (That was put on show because someone famous was murdered in it) and take baths in the fountain. The book was wonderful.
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Interesting book
Whimsical buy on my part as I heard some of this books content was used in the Royal Tenenbaums film. Excellent book and when my daughter is old enough I will read it to her. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Phil
Rersearch is the hero!
One of the great books of my childhood. And yes - even now I am tempted to run away to a museum. Claudia and Jamie banter like juvenile Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracys. Mrs. Read more
Published on 27 Feb 2010 by DuQuelle
an old childhood favourite found!
There are three books which i remember from my childhood. after recently rediscovering and reading one of them (Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time) i struggled but just could... Read more
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The past relived
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Published on 28 Dec 1999
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I have read this book in Czech and I have to say it is really good(even if it is set in America). Claudia picks her brother Jamie to run away with her to the Metropolitan Museum... Read more
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