From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
	List Price:   $7.99 Unit Price:   $6.39 You Save:   $1.60 (20%) ISBN-10:   0689853548 ISBN-13:   9780689853548 Publisher:   Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing; Simon Pulse Category:   Middle School Pub. Date:   October 2002 Pages:   208 Format:   Paperback; Mass Market paperback
Subjects
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART (NEW YORK, N.Y.)_FICTION Social Situations Runaways
Description/Notes
When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to runfromsomewhere, she wants to runtosomewhere -- to a place that is comfortable, beautiful, and, preferably, elegant. She chooses the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Knowing that her younger brother Jamie has money and thus can help her with a serious cash-flow problem, she invites him along.Once settled into the museum, Claudia and Jamie find themselves caught up in the mystery of an angel statue that the museum purchased at auction for a bargain price of $225. The statue is possibly an early work of the Renaissance master, Michelangelo, and therefore worth millions. Is it? Or isn't it? Claudia is determined to find out. Her quest leads her to Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, the remarkable old woman who sold the statue, and to some equally remarkable discoveries about herself.