Award: Newbery 1967, Challenged Book List 1990-2000
Exposition: Claudia Kincaid, an 11-year-old girl, decides to run away from home because she thinks her parents don't appreciate her. She asks her youngest brother Jamie to go with her because he has money which she realizes they will need. She picks The Metropolitan Museum of Art because she doesn’t like discomfort.
Conflict: Claudia and Jamie have to learn to not only learn to adapt to living in secrecy at the museum, but also want to find out the secret of the newest exhibit.
Rising Action: Claudia and Jamie learn to navigate the streets of New York during the day and the museum at night.
Climax: One of the newest exhibits, Angel, holds a secret that Claudia wants to unravel—was she sculpted by Michelangelo? She and Jamie go the Mrs. Frankweiler’s house using the rest of their money to find answers.
Falling Action: After meeting Mrs. Frankweiler, she leads them to her vault of files where they have to find the answer themselves.
Resolution: Claudia and Jamie are taken home in Mrs. Frankweiler’s car, with not only the knowledge about Angel but having a secret themselves to keep.
Literary qualities: The story is narrated by Mrs. Frankweiler’s to her lawyer which gives insight to behind the scenes. Character development is strong within this story as well as you get a feel of what Meg is really like and why she ran away. She becomes a real person and not just a flat character, even though this is told in third person. Theme is also something that can be pulled from this book as the development of Meg from the beginning of the story to the end changes which helps readers not only identify with her, but in forming a theme for the book and why Meg did what she did.
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