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

8:12 pm 27 January 2018

I love this book. I must have read it when I was a kid - I know I did - but beyond the museum, and the statue, I remembered almost nothing. Which was great, because I got to discover it all over again.

It starts a tad slow, as Claudia meticulously plans her running away, but once they hit the museum, it's an adventure for the reader as well as Claudia and Jaime. I can't imagine nowadays you'd ever be able to so much as touch the floor of the Museum after closing hours, but how amazing would it have been to spend the night there?

Still a classic, even if the prices and the lack of pressure sensitive security dates it. I doubt kids will care.

young adult January E L Konigsburg female authors from the mixed-up files of mrs basil e frankweiler 2018