From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1st Edition 1967 by E. L. Konigsburg - Newbery Medal - Young Adult Fiction

Title: From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Author: E. L. Konigsburg

Description: Stated First Edition. Red cloth boards with black lettering. Light soiling to front board; corners lightly bumped. Black endpapers. Rear endpaper shows a scribbled-out previous owner's name, otherwise pages are clean. Written and illustrated by Konigsburg. 162 pp. 8.5 x 5.5 inches.

Winner of the 1968 Newbery Medal. The story of a girl and her brother who run away from home to live in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, where they discover and adventure into researching, what they think is a lost treasure.

The story was adapted into a movie in 1983 which starred Ingrid Bergman (it was later released on video as The Hideaways), and in 1995, a television movie adaptation aired which starred Lauren Bacall.

Elaine Lobl Konigsburg (1930-2013) was an American author and illustrator of children's books, the recipient of the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award for her "lasting contribution to children's literature," and a rare two-time winner of the Newbery Medal.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None

Publisher: Atheneum
Place: New York
Year: 1967

Language: English

ISBN: n/a

Keywords: Newbery Medal, young adult, juvenile, fiction, YA, books into film, The Hideaways, Metropolitan Museum of Art,