From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. - Couverture souple

Konigsburg, E.L.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1416949755 ISBN 13 : 9781416949756

Editeur : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2007

Synopsis

When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run "from" somewhere she wants to run "to" somewhere--to a place that is comfortable, beautiful, and preferably elegant. She chooses the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Knowing that her younger brother, Jamie, has money and thus can help her with the serious cash flow problem she invites him along. Once settled into the museum, Claudia and Jamie, find themselves caught up in the mystery of an angel statue that the museum purchased at an auction for a bargain price of $250. The statue is possibly an early work of the Renaissance master Michelangelo, and therefore worth millions. Is it? Or isn't it? Claudia is determined to find out. This quest leads Claudia to Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, the remarkable old woman who sold the statue and to some equally remarkable discoveries about herself.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

'Delightful... I love this book... a beautifully written adventure, with endearing characters and full of dry wit, imagination and inspirational confidence' -- Sally Morris, Daily Mail

'Mischievous and metropolitan... A wild rumpus... Japes abound' -- New Yorker

'One of the finest storytellers of her era and genre... [From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler] is a story of discovery and self-discovery' -- Washington Post

'E. L. Konigsburg is one of our brainiest writers for young people, not only in the considerable cerebral powers she brings to her books but in the intellectual demands she makes on her characters' -- The New York Times

'In the US... [Konigsburg] is pretty much required reading for anyone under the age of 11 and, indeed, over, too... From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler... dominated my imagination in the way only a really good book can wholly inhabit the head of a child... Re-reading From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler,... it was, if anything, even more wonderful than I remembered' -- Hadley Freeman, Guardian

'This US classic about two runaways inspired writers such as Hadley Freeman, Wes Anderson and Judy Blume. Astonishingly, it's been out of print in the UK for the last 50 years but it's back with a brand new cover, and it's still just as enthralling' -- Mumsnet's Summer Book Club

'I really loved the setting because I think museums are wonderful and the idea of living in one and exploring it would be my idea of heaven!' -- Guardian Children's Books

'A small miracle... the ultimate escape fantasy which conveys the thrill and fear of being a minor loose in the big city' -- Times Summer Book Club

'It sticks in the mind like a personal memory, like a secret childhood experience. A perfect, miniature adventure' --Wes Anderson, writer and director of Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Royal Tenenbaums and The Grand Budapest Hotel

'A sweet little tale of discovering secrets and growing up' -- An Awful Lot of Reading

'Fun and witty' -- The Reading Fangirl

'It has an all-encompassing air of mystery' -- It Was Lovely Reading You

'Absurdly funny, exciting, highly original and wonderfully rich in its detail... up there with the best in the canon of great 20th century children's literature' -- Lancashire Evening Post

'The nitty-gritty of the runaways penny-pinching is terrifically drawn, as is the mystery's denouement' -- Observer

'An author beloved by readers young and old' --LA Review of Books

Extrait :

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

      

      Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running
      away. That is, running away in the heat of anger with a knapsack on her
      back. She didn't like discomfort; even picnics were untidy and inconvenient:
      all those insects and the sun melting the icing on the cupcakes. Therefore,
      she decided that her leaving home would not be just running from somewhere
      but would be running to somewhere. To a large place, a comfortable place,
      and indoor place, and preferably a beautiful place. And that's why she decided
      upon the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

      
From the Paperback edition.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1416949755
• ISBN 13: 9781416949756
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176