From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E. L. Konigsburg
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Part adventure story, part mystery, FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER tells of a sister and brother's amazing sojourn in New York City. Fed up with life in suburban Connecticut, and wanting an adventure that will make her more appreciated by her family and "different" to herself, 12-year-old Claudia Kincaid decides to run away from home. She asks her younger brother, Jamie, to come with her, not only for his company, but also for the fact that he has managed to save a lot of money, which she will need to bankroll her trip. Practical beyond belief, Claudia plans to eventually return home, but in the meantime, she has found an amazing place for them to stay--The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Date 1999 |
Price $25.95 |
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Date 1989 |
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Date 1989 |
Price $3.49 |
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Publisher Random House Childrens Books |
Date 1993 |
Price $1.00 |
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Publisher Cornerstone Books |
Date 1988 |
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Date 2002 |
Price $8.70 |
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Publisher Atheneum |
Date 1967 |
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Publisher Buccaneer Books |
Date 1992 |
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Publisher Random House Childrens Books |
Date 1995 |
Price $1.00 |
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Publisher Random House Childrens Books |
Date 1997 |
Price $1.00 |
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Publisher Scholastic |
Date 1997 |
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Publisher Bantam Books |
Date 1998 |
Price $1.00 |
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Publisher Aladdin Paperbacks |
Date 1987 |
Price $1.00 |
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Publisher Bt Bound |
Date 1999 |
Price $28.09 |
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Publisher Atheneum |
Date 2002 |
Price $10.69 |
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Publisher Simon Pulse |
Date 2002 |
Price $1.00 |
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"Fresh and crisply written with uncommonly real and likable characters."
Synopses
Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself.
First Line
Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away. That is, running way in the heat of anger with a knapsack on her back. She didn't like discomfort, even picnics were untidy and inconvenient: all those insects and the sun melting the icing on the cupcakes.
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