Run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with E. L. Konigsburgs beloved classic and Newbery Medalwinning novel From the MixedUp Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 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 comfortshe 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. 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. The former owner of the statue was Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Without herwell without her Claudia might never have found a way to go home. show more