Claudia has decided to run away. Being a practical child, she has decided to run away not to a forest or a park, but instead to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She's taken her brother with her, which was a great choice, because he has some money saved up. When they reach the museum, they are excited to be at such a beautiful place, but it isn't long before they find themselves in the middle of a mystery. Determined to get to the bottom of the mystery, they might just be in over their heads. And how does Mrs. Frankweiler fit in to everything?I really knew nothing about this book before it showed up on the Fuse 8 Production Poll list. I enjoyed Claudia and Jamie's practicality (especially in the unpractical situation of running away from home at the age of 11). I liked their belief that they could and would solve the mystery, which was something I think I would have believed at the age of 11 as well. I also love that E. L. Konigsburg (a recent discover for me - where have I been?!) won both the Newbery Medal (for this book) and the Newbery Honor (for Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth) in the same year - and for her first two books! That's just incredible.
Find it at IndieBound.
Read it with:
Savvy by Ingrid Law
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
You Can't Take a Balloon Into the Metropolitan Museum by Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman and Robin Glasser
The Master's Apprentice by Rick Jacobson
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