![]() It was purchased from the collection of Mrs. At night they can bathe in the fountain and gather up its carpet of coins to replenish their supply of money.Īs Claudia and Jamie settle into their new routine, the museum is abuzz with its new acquisition, a statue of an angel rumoured to be by Michelangelo. Cheap meals from the snack bar or outside cafes will sustain them, and each day they will choose a different museum exhibit to learn about. By cheating his friend Bruce at card games, Jamie has accumulated more than $24 – which, in 1967 when this classic children's novel first appeared, was not an insignificant amount.Įverything is meticulously planned: they will run away on a Wednesday, music lesson day, so that they can stuff their instrument cases full of clean clothes and every day at museum opening and closing time they will hide in the toilets while they wait for the guards to leave. Middle brother Jamie, 9, is her chosen companion, not least because he can fund their venture. ![]() She decides to run away from her home in Greenwich, Connecticut to live in the New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art. As the oldest of four children, she suffers many an injustice, and the interplay of school and home life is becoming monotonous. ![]() Eleven-year-old Claudia Kincaid is tired of being taken for granted. ![]()
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