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From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankenwiler is a novel written by E. L. Konigsburg and published in 1967. It follows two children-12-year-old Claudia Kincaid and her brother Jamie-as they run away from home and hide out in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. The children become involved in researching the past of an angel statue ...
Dec 21, 2010 · E.L. Konigsburg is the only author to have won the Newbery Medal and a Newbery Honor in the same year. In 1968, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler won the Newbery Medal and Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth was named a Newbery Honor Book. Almost thirty years later she won the Newbery Medal once again for The View from Saturday.
Only the original owner, Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, knows the truth. Somewhere in her mixed-up files are the answers to all of Claudia and Jamie's questions—not just about Angel, but about themselves.
Jul 17, 2013 · While secretly living in the museum, Claudia discovers a famous statue, supposedly carved by Michelangelo. During her investigation into this unique piece of art, Claudia stumbles upon Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, a remarkable old woman who teaches her about life, art and herself.
Elderly art collector Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler's letter to her lawyer and her mixed-up files on a most intriguing statue provide the suspense. Yet it is the ingenuity, inventiveness and practicality of two young children alone in a big city, which cause admiration, consternation and joy in the reader. ...
Jun 15, 2011 · From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by Konigsburg, E. L. Publication date 1973 Topics Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Runaway children, Brothers and sisters, Senior women, Nonsexist children's literature, Realistic fiction, Realistic fiction, Brothers and sisters, Runaway children
The novel begins with a note from Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler to her lawyer, Saxonberg, requesting that certain changes be made to her will.When Saxonberg reads the following account, she promises, he will understand why. Claudia Kincaid, almost 12, wants to run away from home.She hates being uncomfortable, though, so she chooses a beautiful place to hide: the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New ...
