Thrilled by their discovery, they write an anonymous letter to the museum staff explaining what they learned. When Angel is moved to a new location in the museum, Claudia and Jamie notice the imprint of Michelangelo’s mark left on the velvet where Angel stood earlier. That night, they bathe in one of the museum’s fountains, gathering coins thrown in by the museum’s visitors. On their third day away from home, Claudia and Jamie do laundry and visit local libraries to learn all they can about Michelangelo, hoping to discover whether he sculpted Angel. Frankweiler sold the statue to the museum at the relatively low price of $225. They are particularly impressed by a newly arrived statue called Angel, which may or may not be by the famous Italian sculptor Michelangelo. Over the next few days, they explore the museum. After the museum closes, they hide in the bathrooms and wait for the staff to leave.

When Jamie complains about Claudia’s choice of destination, she puts him in charge of their money.Īfter walking from the train station to the museum because Jamie refuses to pay for a bus pass, they pick out a historical bed on display in the museum to sleep in that night. On the way, she mails a letter home, telling her parents not to worry. Through careful planning and some luck, she and Jamie travel to the museum for free. After enlisting the help of her nine-year-old brother Jamie, a frugal cards player who has stockpiled lots of money, Claudia sets her sights on the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. To teach her parents a lesson, she decides to run away from home. Twelve-year-old Claudia Kincaid is increasingly annoyed by her home life in Greenwich, Connecticut, where she feels underappreciated compared to her three younger brothers. She proceeds to narrate the following events, writing about what happens with her own commentary mixed in.

Frankweiler explains her decision to alter her will to leave a valuable sketch by Michelangelo to two children, Claudia and Jamie Kincaid, who happen to be Saxonberg’s grandchildren.

Frankweiler, a wealthy, elderly art collector, to her lawyer, Mr. The novel is framed as part of a letter from Mrs.

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