From The Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

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From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Konigsburg, E.L
Newbery Award
Readability: 6
Setting: New York City
Age of Main Characters: Claudia, 12 and James, 9.

"How much did you give him?" Claudia asked.

"All I had," Jamie answered.

"So how are we going to get home, Miss Taxi Rider?"

Claudia and James ran away from home to the big city. Claudia had become unhappy at home because of her "ill treatment". She had decided to take Jamie with her because she knew Jamie had always saved his money and that he would be able to finance her scheme.

She and Jamie spend a whole week in the Museum of Art. They sleep there, they attend tours there, they bathe there, and they fall in love with the statue called "Angel". James and Claudia learned by searching through Mrs. Frankweiler's files that the statue was created by Michelangelo.

They are returned home by Rolls Royce, and become, by their own choice, the grandchildren of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.

Questions:

1. What is the book about?

2. Who sculptured the "Angel"?

3. What had the Museum paid for the statue?

4. Why hadn't Mrs. Frankweiler sold the sketch of the "Angel"?

5. What would be your reaction to Mrs. Frankweiler and her attitude about the statue and the sketch?