Wednesday, 24 January 2007

From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil. E. Frankweiler - E. L. Koningsburg

Straight-A's Claudia Kincaid decided to run away from home - so did her miser brother, Jamie. She decided to live in the the Metropolitan Museum of Art in comfort - they could sleep on the big, antique beds of Marie Antoinette, and get to wear sneakers!
Claudia wanted to be someone different - she was bored with her routined lifestyle. Then came a distraction in her life in the form of a statue of an angel. Lady Claude and Sir James simply could not go home till she found out its maker: and this was a question which baffled even the experts!
The former owner of the statue was Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler, and without her help, Claudia and Jamie could not have solved the mystery of the angel - or found a way to go home.

Rating: ****

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* = Very boring
** = Boring
*** = Okay
**** = Good
***** = Excellent! You've got to read this!

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