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When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run from somewhere she wants to run to somewhere--to a place that is comfortable, beautiful, and preferably elegant. She chooses the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Knowing that her younger brother, Jamie, has money and thus can help her with the serious cash flow problem she invites him along. Once settled into the museum, Claudia and Jamie, find themselves caught up in the mystery of an angel statue that the museum purchased at an auction for a bargain price of $250. The statue is possibly an early work of the Renaissance master Michelangelo, and therefore worth millions. Is it? Or isn't it? Claudia is determined to find out. This quest leads Claudia to Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, the remarkable old woman who sold the statue and to some equally remarkable discoveries about herself.

本书荣获1968年纽伯瑞儿童文学奖金奖。克劳迪娅厌倦了家里千篇一律的生活，她每天都要洗碗、清理垃圾筒……她想做些出人意料的事情，于是就精心策划了一场“离家出走”。她选择的去处是纽约的大都会博物馆，物色的同伴是她既“富有”又小气的弟弟杰米。在戒备森严的大都会博物馆里，他们俩竟神奇地度过了一个星期！在这期间，一座被疑为是米开朗琪罗雕刻的小天使雕像正在博物馆里展出。克劳迪娅立刻被这座雕像吸引住了，她决意要弄清这座雕像到底出自谁人之手。可眼下，他们没有丝毫线索，而且钱也快用光了……克劳迪娅不甘心这样“平庸”地回家去，她和弟弟利用最后的一点钱，终于找到了雕像原来的主人福兰克威尔夫人。至此，真相能够大白吗？