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

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler is a novel by E. L. Konigsburg that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1968. This story is about Claudia Kincaid, an 11-year-old girl (one month away from being 12) who doesn't feel loved by her parents. She decides to run away from home. Unfortunately, she doesn't like discomfort. To solve this problem, Claudia decides to go live at the Metropolitan Museu... more

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E. L. Konigsburg

Elaine Lobl Konigsburg (born February 10, 1930) is an American author and illustrator of children's books and young adult fiction. She is the only author to win the Newbery Medal and a Newbery Honor in the same year (1968), with her second and first books respectively: From the Mixed-Up Files of...

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