About this title: This book, winner of the Newbery Medal, tells the story of how Claudia and Jamie spend a week living in New York's huge Metropolitan Museum of Art. E.L.Konigsburg wrote "Jennifer?", "Hecate", "Macbeth and Me" and "Father's Arcane Daughter".
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Description: Konigsburg, E L. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 168 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. Perfect spine, lite chipped edging. Never read. Small stain on last page and inside back cover. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic, New York
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780545041737ISBN:0545041732
Description: Very Good. 162 pp. book is slightly bent from improper storage; 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 ... read more
Description: Konigsburg, E L. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Only flaw is that there are 6-7 pages with some notes and underlining; bought new and read once. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
"I loved this as a kid and forgot all about it. I found it again while rummaging around a local bookstore during the "Squawking Matilda" book signing. (How's that for promo Lisa?) The story was as sweet as I remembered, and I learned something new too. A couple of months ago, I visited Brookgreen Gardens in SC. It is the first and only outdoor sculpture garden of it's type in the US. A truly amazing place. An illustration from the book (set in the Metropolitan Museum of Art) reminded me of one of my favorite statues in Brookgreen. After hearing me carry on about the illustration, my mom, who was with me at Brookgreen, researched the statue. "I did a little online research and found out something very interesting. The "Fountain of the Muses" sculpture is by Carl Milles. After exhibition in the Metropolitan Museum of Art for 28 years, it was moved to the basement in 1982 because of the weight of the pool area. It was purchased for Brookgreen Gardens and moved there December 6, 1982. The pool at Brookgreen is exactly the same size as it was at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and has the same granite edging. Cool, huh?" Really, really cool."
"One of the first books from the effervescent mind of the great E.L. Konigsburg, this novel stands up as well today as it did when it was first published. Populated by strong, independent characters as in all of the author's stories, this book follows an interesting story thread of both unique survival and a pressing mystery, as Claudia and her brother hide in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Attempting to keep one step ahead of the police and their parents is not an easy task, but ultimately it matters mostly because Claudia ran away for a reason that she does not fully understand, and it is important for her to find that reason before going back with her parents. "From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" is unforgettable, and peppered (especially close to the end) with E.L. Konigsburg's trademark nuggets of priceless wisdom, interwoven perfectly with the text as always. One of my favorite features about this particular edition of the book is the miniature sequel to be found in the back. Apparently, E.L. Konigsburg wrote and used this sequel when accepting the 1968 Newbery Medal for "From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler". It is a pithy and funny addendum. :-)"
"Finally read - have heard about this book for years. I mostly enjoyed it - (fun to see a predecessor to books like Elise Broach's "Masterpiece" & Calder's "Chasing Vermeer" & this was by far the most believable of the three), but I had some troubles with what an indifferent relationship the children seemed with their family (friends? Did they have any?), and sometimes I felt they were quite ugly with one another. I know this was part of the journey (Claudia and Jamie become a team), & I know in some ways it's realistic. Perhaps because this book was so hyped to me, it was not as fulfilling as I had expected. Maybe this just a little dated - so is one of those that works if you read it young (like 80s movies... they are rarely quite as good if you didn't see them then).
Had some fun connections, however: the idea of having a secret being an important part of some people's sense of self. Came across this idea in "The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks." Specifically the idea of needing for others to have a hint of this secret, but not the whole secret. Also (and this is silly :)... had earlier in the day read both of Susan Patron's "Lucky" books. Both authors like the word "corpuscle!" Hadn't heard that word in a while. Then I read it several times in a day! Third connection: when the brother and sister in "The Royal Tenenbaums" hide in the museum, this must be a reference to Mixed-Up Files, right? There were some others... but they are not coming to me at the moment... darn that Thera-flu! It just didn't seem worth it last night to make notes..."
"Alright, here we go with another book from my past that was forced down my throat by the bare hands of an english teacher. I hated this book so much that I decided to just not read it and struggle my way through that time of the year.
After arriving to school the morning after i decided that, i panicked! The current chapter that was to be discussed abruptly fell into the lesson plans of the teacher that morning and i began to panick. I glanced around at the obedient students who plucked out their copies of this book from their backpacks and immediately turned to the desired chapter.
I suddenly felt ashamed for being stupid and not at least glazing over the chapter (i was an obedient student at heart...really! i was just getting tired of being forced to read books that didn't interest me).
So i quickly began devising a way to get myself through that day of discussion. I decided upon just excusing myself to the bathroom with my book in my shirt. I remember taking a stall and quickly rummaging through the awful chapter while carefully watching the clock.
Oh I struggled my way through the semester book projects and summer readings. I survived, but barely came through unscathed.
If you are familiar with my other book ratings of books that i hated as a child, then you could probably guess all that i would say about this book. Here are the basics: hated it, don't recommend it, i was young so you never know the true review of this book for i could read it now and actually enjoy it! and then of course the forever mentionings of the evil summer reading and class book projects."
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