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  • From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

  • Written by: E. L. Konigsburg
  • Narrated by: Jill Clayburgh
  • Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (14 ratings)

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

Written by: E. L. Konigsburg
Narrated by: Jill Clayburgh
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Publisher's Summary

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 the 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 an auction for a bargain price of $250. The statue is possibly an early work of the Renaissance master Michelangelo, and therefore worth millions. Or is it? Claudia is determined to find out.

This quest leads Claudia to Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, the remarkable old woman who sold the statue, and to some equally remarkable discoveries about herself.
©2007 E.L. Konigsburg (P)2009 Simon & Schuster
Growing Up & Facts of Life Art Literature & Fiction Classics Mysteries
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"After reading this book, I guarantee that you will never visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art (or any wonderful, old cavern of a museum) without sneaking into the bathrooms to look for Claudia and her brother Jamie....Such is the impact of timeless novels...they never leave us. E. L. Konigsburg won the 1967 Newbery Medal for this tale." (Amazon.com review)

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