{"product_id":"from-the-mixed-up-files-of-mrs-basil-e-frankweiler-9781416949756","title":"From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler","description":"A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) Run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with E. L. Konigsburg's beloved classic and Newbery Medal--winning novel From the Mixed-Up 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 comfort-she 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 her--well, without her, Claudia might never have found a way to go home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKonigsburg, E. L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - E.L. Konigsburg is the only author to have won the Newbery Medal and a Newbery Honor in the same year. In 1968, \u003ci\u003eFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler\u003c\/i\u003e won the Newbery Medal and \u003ci\u003eJennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth\u003c\/i\u003e was named a Newbery Honor Book. Almost thirty years later she won the Newbery Medal once again for \u003ci\u003eThe View from Saturday\u003c\/i\u003e. Among her other acclaimed books are \u003ci\u003eSilent to the Bone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKonigsburg, E. L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - E.L. Konigsburg is the only author to have won the Newbery Medal and a Newbery Honor in the same year. In 1968, \u003ci\u003eFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler\u003c\/i\u003e won the Newbery Medal and \u003ci\u003eJennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth\u003c\/i\u003e was named a Newbery Honor Book. Almost thirty years later she won the Newbery Medal once again for \u003ci\u003eThe View from Saturday\u003c\/i\u003e. Among her other acclaimed books are \u003ci\u003eSilent to the Bone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Atheneum Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50597656953106,"sku":"9781416949756","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d1c5ffc1-b698-4bcd-b0ab-1884092f947a.jpg?v=1732179331","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/from-the-mixed-up-files-of-mrs-basil-e-frankweiler-9781416949756","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}