FROM THE MIXED UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E.
Young Claudia decides to run away from home and take up residence at the Metropolitan Museum - and she needs the help of eccentric Mrs. Frankweiler to find her way home again.
This story's protagonist is young Claudia Kincaid, a precocious 11-year-old girl who feels underappreciated and ignored by her parents. She makes the decision to run away from home just long enough to show her family what they would be missing without her. Unfortunately, she doesn't enjoy hardship or discomfort, which rules out the traditional 'running away'. To rule this out, Claudia decides to stay at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. She persuades her younger brother Jamie to accompany her: he's quiet, but most importantly, he has a secret stash of cash, as well as a transition radio he's accumulated by cheating at card games with his best friend, Bruce Lansing.