Claudia has decided that she is going to runaway from home; but she is going to do so in style. She is running away to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. She has decided that of all her siblings, her brother Jamie would be the best companion to go with her. While waiting until her parents realize that she is being treated unfairly at home, Claudia and her brother have many adventures and learn new things including the mystery of a marble angel statue exhibit that may or may not be a Michelanglo. Claudia decides that she must discover the answer before she and Jamie return home, a journey that leads them to Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, the former owner of the statue. This book was written in 1967 and won the Newbery in 1968, but you would never know it. It has withstood the test of time to become the classic that it is.
E. L. Konigsburg is the only author to have won the Newbery Medal and be runner-up 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 Newbery Honor Book.
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