From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1972)

Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away...so she decided not to run FROM somewhere, but TO somewhere. And so, after some careful planning, she and her younger brother, Jamie, escaped -- right into a mystery that made headlines!

Author: E.L. Konigsburg

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