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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This was my favorite book as a child and I read it again now as part of the New York Times summer reading challenge; one of the prompts of which is to re-read a book you loved as a child. Although it’s very much a relic of 1967, it also holds up extremely well. While none of what Claudia and Jamie were able to do could be done today, the themes of searching and wanting more, and youthful independence are evergreen.
This was one of my favorite books growing up. I still found it really fun and different. Claudia has decided to runaway and is going to ask her brother Jamie to come with her. Mainly because he has a lot of money. Where are they going? To the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They are going to live there because Claudia likes things clean and nice and living outside would have been much harder. Once in the museum they find a mystery about a statue that was sold by Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Claudia decides they cannot go home until the mystery is solved. I really loved the book and found it just as wonderful today as I did growing up.
So many of this couldn't happen today but I highly enjoyed it none the less.
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
I loved this book growing up, and loved it still reading it aloud to my daughter. Such a fun story
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I was always fascinated by liminal spaces as a kid (& frankly, still am). I always wondered what happened in grocery stores, museums, schools, and other public places overnight, when nobody was in them. I think I would’ve loved to read this as a kid since it explores exactly that!
This is a fun read, though something about the ending felt a little lackluster and I can’t put my finger on it. I also don’t think the small familial twist was necessary. I did, however, like how Konigsburg described the interior life of Claudia—it was so real, in terms of how it feels to be a kid wanting something more.
This is a fun read, though something about the ending felt a little lackluster and I can’t put my finger on it. I also don’t think the small familial twist was necessary. I did, however, like how Konigsburg described the interior life of Claudia—it was so real, in terms of how it feels to be a kid wanting something more.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
What child has ever read this and not wanted to try running away to a museum? I know I did!