num_pages: 178
description: Winner of the 1968 Newbery MedalWhen 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 he was a miser and would have money.Claudia was a good organizer and Jamie had 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 had 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.
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: Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, Claudia Kincaid, James Kincaid
genres: Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction, Childrens, School, Juvenile, Young Adult, Classics, Mystery, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 207713
places: New York City, New York, Connecticut, Manhattan, New York City, New York, 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: Gardners Books