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''From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler'' is a novel by E. L. Konigsburg. It was published by Atheneum in 1967, the second book published from two manuscripts the new writer had submitted to editor Jean E. Karl.〔 ("Jean Karl, 72; A Publisher Of Books For Children" ) (obituary). Eden Ross Lipson. ''The New York Times''. April 3, 2000. Retrieved 2011-10-21.〕 ''Mixed-Up Files'' won the annual Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1968, and Konigsburg's first-published book ''Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth'' was one of the runners-up in the same year, the only double honor in Newbery history (from 1922).〔 ("1997 Newbery Medal and Honor" ). Association for Library Service to Children. ALA. Retrieved 2011-11-15. 〕 Anita Silvey covered ''Mixed‑Up Files'' as one of the ''100 Best Books for Children'' in 2005.〔 〕 Based on a 2007 online poll, the U.S. National Education Association named it one of "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children". In 2012 it was ranked number seven among all-time children's novels in a survey published by ''School Library Journal''. ==Summary== The prologue is a letter from Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, "To my lawyer, Saxonberg", accompanied by a drawing of her writing at her office desk. It is the cover letter for the 158-page narrative, which provides background for changes to her last will and testament. Twelve-year-old Claudia Kincaid decides to run away from home happily, because she thinks her parents do not appreciate her and she doesn't like it. She chooses the Metropolitan Museum of Art (the Met) in New York City, with nine-year-old brother Jamie as companion partly because he has saved all his money. With one unused adult fare that she found in a wastebasket, Claudia found a way to get there for free on the commuter train and one very long walk. Early chapters show how Claudia and Jamie settle in at the Met: hiding in the bathroom at closing time from staff on circuit to see that all the patrons have departed; blending with school groups on tour, to learn more about the museum exhibits; bathing in the fountain, whose "wishing coins" provide income; sleeping in an antique bed. A new exhibit draws sensational crowds and fascinates the children: the marble statue of an angel, sculptor unknown but suspected to be Michelangelo. It was purchased at auction, for only a few hundred dollars, from Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, a collector who recently closed her showcase Manhattan residence. The children research it on site and at the Donnell Library, and give their conclusion to the museum staff anonymously. After learning they have been naive, the children spend the last of their money on travel to Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler's home in Connecticut. She recognizes them as runaways but sets them briefly to the task of researching the angel from files in her long bank of cabinets. Despite the idiosyncratic organization of her files, they do discover the angel's secret—Mrs. Frankweiler has purposefully "given away" a virtually priceless Michelangelo to the Met. In exchange for a full account of their adventure, she will leave the crucial file to them in her will, and send them home in her Rolls-Royce. It's a deal. Claudia learns her deep motive for persisting in the crazy search: she wanted a secret of her own to treasure and keep. Mrs. Frankweiler may get "grandchildren" who delight her. Her lawyer gets a luncheon date at the Met, to revise her will. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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