num_pages: 182
description: When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run from somewhere, she wants to run to somewhere -- to a place that is comfortable, beautiful, and, preferably, elegant. She chooses the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Knowing that her younger brother Jamie has money and thus can help her with a serious cash-flow problem, she invites him along.  Once settled into the museum, Claudia and Jamie find themselves caught up in the mystery of an angel statue that the museum purchased at auction for a bargain price of $225. The statue is possibly an early work of the Renaissance master, Michelangelo, and therefore worth millions. Is it? Or isn't it? Claudia is determined to find out. Her quest leads her to Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, the remarkable old woman who sold the statue, and to some equally remarkable discoveries about herself.
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: Atheneum Books for Young Readers