From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Ranked #4 in Teen Mystery, Ranked #7 in 9-Year-Old — see more rankings.
When Claudia decided to run away, she planned very carefully. She would be gone just long enough to teach her parents a lesson in Claudia appreciation. And she would go in comfort-she would live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She saved her money, and she invited her brother Jamie to go, mostly because be was a miser and would have money.
Claudia was a good organizer and Jamie bad some ideas, too; so the two took up residence at the museum right on schedule. But once the fun of settling in was over, Claudia had two unexpected problems: She felt just the same, and she wanted to...
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Danny Meyer @DearDara My 2nd favorite book growing up, just barely edged out by Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. (Source)
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Rankings by Category
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler is ranked in the following categories:
- #10 in 10-Year-Old
- #27 in 11-Year-Old
- #27 in 3rd Grade
- #10 in 4th Grade
- #11 in 5th Grade
- #26 in 6th Grade
- #81 in Art
- #58 in Award-Winning
- #72 in Boy
- #42 in Catalog
- #12 in Chapter
- #45 in Childhood
- #9 in Children's Chapter
- #57 in Children's Classics
- #42 in Children’s
- #16 in Elementary
- #18 in English
- #18 in Girl
- #25 in Grace
- #64 in Growing Up
- #15 in Learning English
- #84 in Middle School
- #81 in Mom
- #13 in New York
- #10 in New York City
- #24 in Nostalgia
- #14 in Older Children
- #17 in Read Aloud
- #52 in Realistic Fiction
- #96 in Self Discovery
- #18 in Teen Adventure
- #15 in Teen Girls
- #74 in Tween
- #15 in Victoria
- #34 in Young Adult Mystery
- #17 in Young Reader
- #40 in Youth
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