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

**Author:** E.L. Konigsburg
**Lexile:** 700L
**Grade range:** Grades 4–6
**Age range:** 9–12
**First published:** 1967
**Page count:** 162
**Genre:** Middle Grade Mystery
**ISBN-13:** `9780689711817`
**ISBN-10:** `0689711816`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/from-the-mixed-up-files-of-mrs-basil-e-frankweiler
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Claudia Kincaid and her brother Jamie run away from home and live secretly inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where they try to solve the mystery of a newly-acquired statue's attribution. Konigsburg's Newbery Medal novel is a canonical 4th-6th grade assignment.

## Themes

- independence
- art
- running away
- mystery
- siblings

## Where this book is assigned

### Common Core State Standards (ELA)

- **recommended** · 5th grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 4-5 Newbery Medal](https://achievethecore.org/page/2699)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · New York — [source: NY Next Gen Standards — NYC-set novel](https://www.nysed.gov/)

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