description: Twelve-year-old Claudia Kincaid stages a secret live-in at the New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, and takes her brother Jamie along. What happens to Claudia and Jamie, and the changes that come about prove greater than either had bargained for. "Miner's ability to provide a strong two-voice narration holds reader interest throughout." (Children's Bookwatch)
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: Classics, Adventure, Mystery, Childrens, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, School, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 207714
places: New York City, New York, Manhattan, New York City, New York, Connecticut, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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: Listening Library