E.L. Konigsburg

E.L. Konigsburg

  • 5 stars across 5 books
E.L. Konigsburg is the only author to have won the Newbery Medal and a Newbery Honor in the same year. In 1968, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler won the Newbery Medal and Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth was named a Newbery Honor Book. Almost thirty years later she won the Newbery Medal once again for The View from Saturday. Among her other acclaimed books are Silent to the Bone, The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, and The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World.
4th June 2015

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

New York City girl Claudia, a mere month shy of being a twelve-year-old, has resolved to run away from home with her you... MoreFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

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1st July 1973

A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver

Eleanor of Aquitaine has every reason to be upset.For centuries she's been patiently waiting for her husband, King Henry... MoreA Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver

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1st April 1989

Altogether, One at a Time

E.L. Konigsburg's writing is funny, perceptive, and, most of all, real. In these four short stories, she deftly captures... MoreAltogether, One at a Time

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