Jackie's review
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler
by E.L. Konigsburg
Jackie's review
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
Jackie's review
rating:
bookshelves:
children---fiction,
mystery,
newbery-award-winner
Claudia, a 6th grader in Greenwich, Connecticut is fed up with her family and their demands. She is running away and has a plan...but, for good measure she is taking her younger brother, Jamie with her. They run to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Claudia creates a sound plan, while Jamie has all the money ($24.43 to be exact). While hiding out at the museum, the city is in a twitter about an angel statue that has been acquired at an auction for $225. Some believe it is a long-long work of art by Michaelanglo. Claudia and Jamie are determined to find out all they can about the statue and its creator. Their investigation brings them to the home of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, a very rich, very snobby, very old woman. Claudia and Jamie ask Mrs. Frankweiler about the statue's authenticity. She says that the answer lies in her "mixed-up files" and she gives them one hour to find the answer. Do they? And, in the process, they may just find out more about themselves t...more
