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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - by E L Konigsburg (Paperback)

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - by  E L Konigsburg (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>To celebrate the 40th anniversary of E.L. Konigsburgs 1967 win of the Newbery Medal and Newbery Honor--a feat never before repeated by any author--Aladdin Paperbacks is reissuing the entire Konigsburg oeuvre throughout 2007, including some long out-of-print titles, in luxurious, deluxe trade paperback editions.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A <i>Time</i> Best YA Book of All Time (2021)</b> <p/><b>Run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with E. L. Konigsburg's beloved classic and Newbery Medal--winning novel <i>From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler</i>!</b> <p/>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 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 be was a miser and would have money. <p/>Claudia was a good organizer and Jamie bad 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 bad discovered its maker, a question that baffled the experts, too. <p/>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.

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