From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

By E. L. Konigsburg

Having carefully planned how and to where they will run away, Claudia and her little brother, James (and his money), board a bus, head to New York City, and go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There they hide in washrooms, sleep on ancient beds, and get involved in solving an exciting mystery.


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