num_pages: 159
description: 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 live in comfort-at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  She invited her brother Jamie to go, too, mostly because he was a miser and would have moneyThe two took up residence in the museum right on schedule.  But once the fun of settling in was over, Claudia had two unexpected 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 had discovered its maker, a question that baffled even the experts.  The former owner of the statue was Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler And without her help Claudia might never have found a way to go home.From the Trade Paperback edition.
language: English
title: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
titlecomplete: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
characters: Claudia Kincaid, James Kincaid, Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
genres: Fiction, Adventure, Mystery, Juvenile, School, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Classics, Childrens, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 207727
places: Manhattan, New York City, New York, Connecticut, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York
awards: awardedAt: -63129600000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: -63129600000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, awardedAt: -31507200000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 28800000
name: William Allen White Children's Book Award
publisher: Laurel Leaf