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

by E. L. Konigsburg, Jill Clayburgh · October 1977

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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.

Juvenile fictionLarge type booksFictionRunawaysSelf-relianceBrothers and sistersHistoryMuseumsMetropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)Children: Grades 2-3Newbery MedalRunaway children