A treat for all ages!

I have always been attracted to books that have strong female characters. This is one I highly recommend.

One of the main characters of this book, Claudia, is unsatisfied with her life at home. She decides to run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. She takes her little brother Jamie along because he has money.

They have many adventures while staying at the museum: bathing in a fountain, sleeping in antique beds, and trying to evade the guards.

Claudia and Jamie become enthralled by a statue and the mystery that surrounds it. Solving the mystery takes them to new places and new people. As the story unfolds, we see their confidence grow.

This book really captured my imagination when I read it as a child. I have had a fascination with the Metropolitan Museum of Art ever since. The reader really feels as if she or he is there, taking part in the story. The author manages to convey a sense of adventure and, at the same time, the ambivalent feelings the heroine has about her life. She feels ignored and unimportant at home, and this opportunity she has to solve a mystery could get her the appreciation and recognition she craves.