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

Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself. subjects:Museums, History, Fiction, 20th Century, Chinese Language, Artists, Mystery Fiction,Runaways-brother and Sister-juvenile Fiction, Newbery Medal Winner 1968.