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Summary: Great Book!
Review: I love this book, its somewhere in the top 100 :-) It has a little taste of everything...from mystery to getting along with your little brother. Its a great story about Claudia the oldest and only girl in her family who decides she has enough of her injust life and runs away with her little brother Jamie. They stay in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and thats when they discover a statue along with a great mystery that will never let them be the same again. This book is so sweet, it has everything that make any book a must read.
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Summary: A+ for 10 to 12 years old ...and for their parents
Review: Fun read! And the kind of book both kids and parents can read and discuss...You will never look at a museum the same way again!
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Summary: from a lifelong museum lover - it all started here!
Review: One of the most entertaining children's books ever! This ranks right up there with The Westing Game for superb description, imagination, and characters. Claudia and Jamie Kincaid run away from home, but clever Claudia isn't settling for any less than the best. She decided the Metropolitan Museum of Art will do, with its antique beds fit for queens, a cafeteria for their meals, and school tours to pass the days. So, with their instrument cases full of spare underwear and Jamie's savings, the two siblings set off. While dodging museum guards, raising funds, and admiring artwork at their leisure after hours, the two stumble upon a mysterious sculpture which may have been created by Michelangelo. A reclusive Mrs. Basil Frankweiler holds the secret, but will she tell? When I read this back in grade school, I loved the thrilling idea of running away (what kid didn't), preferably somewhere as exotic as the Met. The Kincaid kids are organized and sensible, and it was a pleasure to see a runaway elegantly done. They think of everything. Of course, their method is out of the realm of possibility, but the creativity they show is pure reading fun. The author wrote the children as complex personalities with layers of wisdom, innocence, and intelligence. The story is slightly dated only in things like the price of admission or stamps - in spirit, it's timeless. It's got everything: a treasure hunt, a mystery, suspense, ingenuity, and the coolest brother and sister team you will find in children's lit.
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Summary: A Basil E. Reviewer
Review: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
By: E.L. Konigsburg
Reviewed By: J. Soon From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler is about two children named Jamie and Claudia Kincaid who are running away from home. They ran away because they couldn't stand having their parents around. Where are they going? Their Destination: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Once they got there, they checked out the Italian Renaissance Section, and they found an angel statue made out of marbel. They think that this masterpiece is made by Michealangelo. So now, their job is to determine wheter it is made fom Michelangelo or not. They go to the previous owner, Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Now she tells Jamie and Claudia that they have one hour to find the answer in one of her huge drawers of files! Will they ever find it in time???
I liked this book because it had alot of suspense in it.
I didn't like some parts of this book because there were too little dialogue. For me, I think that dialogue is the part that is humor and fun. But sometimes it isn't. ... Some serious parts are ok, but not alot.
My favorite part in the book was when they had to find the file to get the answer. I liked it because it also had alot of suspense when the time was running out to get the file. ...I coul see how hard Jamie and Claudia are working to get that file. I really enjoyed this book alot, especially the end.
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Summary: From the Mixed-Up Files...
Review: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
By: E.L. Konigsburg
Reviewed by: L. Kim
Period: P.1 The book From the Mixed-Up Files of Mra. Basil E. Frankweiler is a very exciting book. It is about two kids, Claudia and Jamie, running away to a museum. Jamie is a younger brother of Claudia. They run away because they want an adventure. Claudia chose The Metropolitan Museum of Art to stay during their adventure. Later on, they have this great adventure having something to do with an angel statue made by Michelangelo.
I liked this book because it has a interesting plot and story. It is also kind of funny. After I starting reading this book, I just couldn't stop reading. "Jamie was the richest one of all, and he could be kept quiet." The descriptions of the characters were cool, imaginable, and clear. There weren't any bad part in this story for me. Except at the end. Finding out about Angel was a little boring, but overall, this book was great.
My part of this book is when Claudia and Jamie take a bath in the fountain and picked up all the coins that were thrown into the fountain. They had to dry themselves with papertowels from the restrooms! If I were Claudia and Jamie, I would be too embarrassed to take a bath in the fountain even though there's no one around. This book is one of the best books I've ever read.
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Summary: A Fun Book!
Review: This book is about a girl named Claudia who wants something more that a predictable life and so she decides to run away with her younger brother, Jamie, to New York City. Claudia has to plan the trip very precisely and has to know a lot about the Metropolitan Museum of Art where they were staying. When they get to New York they have to hide their luggage and themselves in the museum so they don't get caught at night. During the day, they find a statue that is really interesting to them and to many other people. The art critics think the statue might have been done by Michaelangelo but they are not sure. Claudia and Jamie decide to try to find out who did the piece. They knew that the statue was sold to the museum by Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. They find an "M" marked on the bottom of the statue when it was being moved. So, the children write the museum to tell the art people to look on the bottom of the statue. When the children get the letter back from the museum they discover that the museum already knew about the "M". The children were about to go back home because they couldn't find anything else out. At the train station getting their tickets to go home, they saw the name of town where Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler lives. They go to her house and...You'll need to read the book to find out what happens! This book is a fun and suspenseful book. You should read it.
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Summary: Mixed Up Review
Review: From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
E.L. Konigsburg
B. Masukawa
P.6 From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler is about a girl named Claudia and her little brother, Jamie in their adventure. Claudia is the eldest child in her family and feels that there is some injustice in her situation. She always has to do the dishes every night, while her younger brothers get away from it. She decides to run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with her companion Jamie, who has a lot of money and a radio that she can have access to. When they arrive at the museum, Claudia learns about the new statue of an angel made out of marble. Claudia wants to find the maker of the statue, but the experts of the museum do not know. Her journey to find the mysterious maker leads to the former owner Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. After Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler tells her the creator, Claudia and her brother are given a ride back home.
This was a good book because it talked of the difficulties of running away. It was fun reading how Claudia had everything planned out on her escape to the museum. She even thought of a companion to help her on her adventure "She chose Jamie, the second youngest of her three younger brothers. He could be counted on to be quiet, and now and then he was good for a laugh. Besides, he was rich; unlike most boys his age, he had never even begun collecting baseball cards. He saved almost every penny he got." Claudia would complain to Jamie how she wanted to take the taxi, but he would always insist that they should walk and save the $24.43 that they had for food and emergencies. While they were taking a bath in the museum's fountain they also dug up some money. For the two children they thought that having only having Macaroni and Cheese was a delicacy.
It was interesting to believe that Claudia felt that she wasn't very important, especially being the eldest daughter. She felt that the reason she didn't want to go back home was because she wanted to be different. " " Simply because it is a secret. It will enable her to return to Greenwhich different." " This quote makes me believe that Claudia won't go home until she finds about the maker of the statue that she treasures. Her spirit is very strong and always set their heart out to what they really want to do. Even though she is extremely bossy, she has a good heart that always means well.
My favorite part of the book is when Claudia and Jamie are escaping to the museum. It made me go to the end of my seat, wondering the next part of the plan that had been so detailed. While you are reading this part it is suspenseful, marvelous, brilliant, and momentarily funny. As the brother and sister were coming out of the bus, Jamie pants were falling down because of all the pennies, dimes, and nickels that he won in card games. The total amount of all the coins that he won was $24.43. The book would introduce new threats to the escape or other times if they would be caught. I enjoyed this book because it was adventure slash brother and sister relationship course.
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Summary: A Runaway Hit!
Review: What child hasn't fantasized about running away from home? This book allows the reader to follow Claudia and Jamie on their big adventure. One can't read this book, based in the 1960s, without wondering about life in a simpler time. Could children pull this off today? This book is even better in a technological age because students can take their own virtual field trips to the Metropolitan Museum of Art online! It also spawns ideas for writing their own adventures...running away to stay at Disney World, Jamestown Fort, or to live in the White House.
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: I loved this book as a child; I always fantasized that I would be sneaking around with them. This is a great book for kids with big imaginations and an appetite for adventure.
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Summary: Good book!
Review: This was a really good book. If you like mystery, adventure, and FEELINGS in a book, than you will LOVE this story. I have read it twice, three-no, maybe 4 times, and liked it every time!:)
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