From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
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Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away… so she decided not to run FROM somewhere, but TO somewhere. And so, after some careful planning, she and her younger brother, Jamie, escaped– right into a mystery that made headlines!
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I have fond memories of this book from my own elementary days and look forward to sharing it with my own kids. The setting of the story in New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art makes it especially attractive to any readers who love the city.
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The Creative Behind the Book
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. Among her other acclaimed books are Silent to the Bone, The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, and The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780689711817
- Publication Date
- April 1, 1968
- Publisher
- Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Original Publication Date
- January 1, 1967
- Page Count
- 172
- Word Count
- 30922
- Audience
- Juvenile Reader
- Reading Age
- 8 - 12 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 86025903
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 14359879
- Lexile® Level
- 700L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~Q
- ATOS® Book Level
- 4.7
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 29
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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