1968 Newbery Honor
Two suburban children run away from their Connecticut home and go to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, where their ingenuity enables them to live in luxury.
Comments by: Robert L., Codie S., Nick L., Alexis S., Josh S., Kalley L., Emily U., Maddy C., Abigail W., Kyle S., Kaitlyn S., Zimri R., Hannah S., Carson R., Maia B., Dean M., Justin L., Sean G.,Sarah S., Sam C., Jacob C., Jamie T., Rylie R., Angela J., Akiko T., Tevin W., John Austin S., and Caroline C., Josh B., 5th grade
29 comments:
Claudia wants to run away because she is mad at her parents. She asks her brother if he wants to go with her. After they run away, they have to plan. If you were to run away, where and why? In the end, they go to Mrs. Frankweiler's house and she asks them questions how did they do it, why, how? She for one wanted to run away also.
Very good. I would read it again.
4 stars
by Robert L., 5th grade
Claudia and Jamie Kincaid ran away to the Metropolitan Museum. While they are there, a crime has been done. Someone has stolen the Michelangelo Angel. Ms. Basil E. Frankweiler sold it for $225.00. As they were there they found some main clues. Finally they met Ms. Basil E. Frankweiler and figured out that Michelangelo did make the angel.
I thought it was an exciting, mysterious novel. I think Claudia was the best character.
4 stars
by Codie S., 5th grade
Claudia wants to run away from home and she takes Jamie along with her. They get to the museum and start losing money. Then they were trying to solve a mystery about an angel. Next they were wanted then their picture was in the newspaper. Last, they were caught and sent home.
It's a pretty good book. Just at the starting of the book it jumped from one even to another event in a totally different place.
3 stars
by Nick L., 5th grade
Claudia and Jamie go to the museum of art to run away. When angel gets there all they want to do is solve the mystery. When they can't solve it by themselves they turn to Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. They find their answer there.
It was a good book because it had a lot of mystery and action in it.
3 stars
by Alexis S., 5th grade
A 11 year old girl named Claudia decides to take her second youngest brother and run away from home. They stay at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and find in a section of the museum a statue named Angel. They go to the person who sold it to the museum. She says she will tell them if it was made my Michelangelo if they will return home. They agree and find out it was made by Michelangelo.
It was a great book. It was a great fiction book filled with humor and mystery.
4 stars
by Josh S., 5th grade
Two young children named Claudia and Jamie Kincaid run away trying to get to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They don't know what lies ahead of them. They want to live in the museum but they don't know how hard it is going to be. A couple of days Claudia and Jamie are right in the middle of a big mystery and so they plan to solve it.
I absolutely loved it! It was really mysterious and i couldn't stop turning the pages.
4 stars
by Kalley L., 5th grade
There are two children Claudia and Jamie. They run away on an adventure to Metropolitan Museum. There they discover a magnificant statue. They are trying to figure out who made it so they go to Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler's house. There they discover who made it so they go back home with a wonderful secret.
It was a good book. The author did a good job describing different locations and different people. I liked it.
3 stars
by Emily U., 5th grade
Jamie and his older sister Claudia run away to a museum in New York City. They get themselves caught in a mystery. Who did the Angel sculpture? They go to Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler's house (the former owner of the statue) and find that Michelangelo did the sculpture. Then they go back to their house.
I really liked it and it did not leave you hanging.
4 stars
by Maddy C., 5th grade
When Claudia decides to run away she spends a lot of time planning and takes her younger brother, Jamie, with her. They hide in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and discover a big mystery about a little statue called "angel". They want to find out if Michelangelo carved it and it leads them to Mrs. Frankweiler's mixed-up files.
I liked this book because it had a lot of mystery and it seemed like it could happen. It was interesting and realistic.
3 stars
by Abigail W., 5th grade
Jamie and Claudia run away from home to find out about the artwork Angel. While they're away they find the challenges of being together like how Jamie doesn't want to spend much. Finally they find their way to Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and find out about the art works.
It was the best. I loved it because they run away and went on adventures with just a little bit of money.
4 stars
by Kyle S., 5th grade
Claudia decides she is being treated unfairly at her house. She plans on running away and she takes her youngest brother Jamie. They hide out in the Metropolitan Museum of Art where they find an unknown statue. They try to decide if it was done by Michelangelo.
I thought it was good, but there was some boring parts.
3 stars
by Kaitlyn S., 5th grade
Jamie and Claudia run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Claudia is trying to learn more about the Angel statue. Jamie is a tightwad and doesn't like to spend a lot of money. They sleep in the bathroom and bathe in a fountain. In the end, they leave their belongings, and ride a taxi to Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler's house to learn more about Michelangelo's Angel statue.
I thought the books was fantastic, but slow for me.
3 stars
by Zimri R., 5th grade
Claudia wants to run away so she takes her brother Jamie. They are running away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Once they get there, they get comfortable. They find a statue, Angel and try to learn about it. Then they go to Mrs. Basil E.F. and get information on her and then they return back home.
I loved the book because the mystery was very real and they actually solved.
4 stars
by Hannah S., 5th grade
This is about two kids who run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. When they look around a mystery comes their way. They try to reveal the truth about one sculpture that is a part of a mixed-up file.
The book keeps me reading. It's very exciting.
4 stars
by Conner R., 5th grade
Claudia planned on running away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and chose who, out of her four brothers, would go. She chose Jamie who's a year younger than her. They got to the museum and ended up in a mystery of who carved a statue. They thought it was carved by one person which they find out is right. When they go to the previous owner who has a page that proves that their guess was right.
I thought it as a good book and that it deserved the Newbery award and I would recommend it to others.
4 stars
by Maia B., 5th grade
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler is about two kids who run to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Once they get there is a big mystery about an angel they think is from Michelangelo. How Mrs.Basil E Frankweiler them solve the mystery.
I thought it was a very good book because it has a great mystery to it.
4 stars
by Dean M., 5th grade
The Mixed-Up Files is about Claudia running away with her brother in a museum of Art. She was reading about Mrs. Frankweiler letters and the mixed up files. The found an angel and solved a mystery.
It is ok because of some of the images.
2 stars
by Justin L., 5th grade
Mixed-Up Files was a book about a young girl, Claudia who wants to runaway but can't pull off the old way. Her brother, Jaime decides to go with his sister, Claudia. They live together with little money. They live in the museum. They find a statue of an angel. It belonged to Mrs. Frankweiler.
I think the book was good. I would recommend it to others and hope they would like it.
4 stars
by Sarah S., 5th grade
Claudia runs away and she got money from Jamie, her brother. They wonder who built the angel in the museum, Michangelo or someone else. They investigate the museum. They find Mrs. Frankweiler and all their questions are answered.
I liked it because it waas a good mystery book for all
4 stars
by Sam C., 5th grade
Two kids plan to run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Their success getting there leaves a lot of mystery. An angel sold to the museum creates the biggest mystery. When they decide to find out the mystery of the angel, they go to Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler's home in Hartford, Connecticut to solve the mystery of the angel.
It was good.
4 stars
by Jacob C., 5th grade
The Mixed-Up Files is about a brother and sister running away from home. Claudia wants her little brother to come with her cause she has no money and he does. They try and solve a mystery on an angel trying to see if its by Michelangelo and the angel is by Michelangelo. Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler loved the angel as much as Claudia loves the angel.
I thought the book was really good and you would never know what was coming next. It was a really good mystery.
4 stars
by Jamie T., 5th grade
Claudia and Jamie wanted to runaway. They ran away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and they wanted to live there. They had not that much money. Then they wanted to find this mystery and they wrote a note to the museum. Then they went to Mrs.Frankweiler's house and she said if you tell me where you have been hiding I will take you home. So they did and Claudia and Jamie do not want to do that again.
This book is a good book. It is very interesting and you can not wait till what happens next.
4 stars
by. Rylie R., 5th grade
Two kids named Claudia and Jamie get tired of their old boring life. So one day, they decide to runaway from home to live somewhere else. They end up staying at the metropolitan Museum of Art in New York! And while they are there, they find the statue, Angel, who's creator is thought to be Michelangelo. These two very special kids will find a way to find out, and have the adventure of their lifetime!
I thought it was a great book. I liked the mystery and adventure in it. And it involved two kids about our age so it was easier to understand.
3 stars
by Caroline C., 5th grade
In this book there are two kids named Claudia and Jamie who runaway to the Metropolitan Museum in New York. They see this angel in the museum and want to know if Michelangelo sculpted the angel. they both go to Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler to know if Michelangelo sculpted the angel and to know about her secret.
I think that this book and I would recommend the book to others.
4 stars
by Angela J., 5th grade
Claudia and Jamie Kinkaid ran away from their home to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They stay there until they find a mystery about one of Michelangelo's sculptures. They go to Farmington, CN, where they find Mrs. Basil E. Frankwiler. The kids have to find the answer in a filing cabinet. Whey they did she told them to tell her about their trip and she will leave the sculpture in her will for them.
It was a good book, I think the author should put a sequel to it.
4 stars
by Akiko T., 5th grade
Two children named Jamie and Claudia runaway to a museum. While there they try to find out if Michelangelo made the statue named Angel. Only Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler knows it. The children go to her house and find out that Michelangelo did the statue.
I thought the book was a good mystery book. It had mystery, arguing, and it makes a good family book. I really liked it.
4 stars
by Tevin W., 5th grade
Claudia and Jamie run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and have a very small share of money. So Jamie wins money by playing cars with the security guard and spends the money on food but they don't have enough money to get back home.
I think it is interesting and mysterious.
3 stars
by John Austin S.
Two kids run away from home to the metropolitan Museum. They run into some speed bumps, like loss of money which threatens them to have to go back home, but they figure a way around it. After a couple of days of staying there they discover an angel that might be one of Michelangelo's lost artworks.
I think it was a good book because it was a mystery and adventure. 3 stars
by Sean G., 5th grade
It was a great adventure book.
4 stars
by Josh B., 5th grade
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