From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

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Hardcover, 168 pages

English language

Published Nov. 1, 1970 by Atheneum.

ISBN:
978-0-689-20586-6
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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.

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reviewed From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg

Good old-fashioned realist fiction for kids

Fun, relatable childhood adventure story about seeking independence. NYC is a fun backdrop. Some really great vocabulary. I started jotting down "new" words to go over with my 10 year old and there were literally dozens. Lots of older pop-culture references too.

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Subjects

  • Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
  • Self-reliance
  • Children: Grades 4-6
  • Runaways
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (Ne
  • Action & Adventure - General
  • Art (painting sculpture artists architecture etc.)
  • Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries & Detective Stories
  • Brothers and sisters
  • Fiction