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

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We think that the brother and the sister will run away to a museum. We think they're running away because either the parents are mean to them or they just want to run away. The sister might force the brother to come because she is too scared to go alone or he just tags along. At the end we think that they'll come home because we think they will realize that they didn't know what they had until they lost it.

Nick and Kevin's Inferring Chart
 * What I read || What I know || My inference ||
 * ||  || I think that Jamie is really nervous to run away with Claud. ||
 * ||  || I think Claud will make it work because she is not scared and she knows how to get around the guards. She also planned this out very perfectly. ||
 * ||  || I can infer that Jamie and Claud are both going to sleep in Cleopatra’s bed. ||
 * They wanted to take a train to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, but instead they walked. || When you can’t afford something financially you have to make another decision. If I was Claudia or Jamie I wouldn’t go on a train or bus in the city without my parents. || I can infer that they didn’t have enough money to take the train or they didn’t feel comfortable. ||
 * ||  || I can infer this was in a time where there wasn’t much money. So it must’ve happened in the past because to me $26.00 isn’t a lot of money. ||
 * || There isn’t going to be anywhere to sleep or bathe in a museum. It is very different from a house. || I can infer that they are going to bathe in the fountain and sleep in one of the beds they have on display there. ||
 * || I know the Metropolitan Museum of Art is larger than the Philadelphia Museum of Art. || They might get lost or split up because the museum is very large. ||
 * Claudia wrote her parents a note and told them not to call the FBI. ||  || I can infer that her parents are going to call the FBI because they want their kids back. ||

We think the theme of the book is bravery. The two kids were brave enough to run away from their home.

We think the Genre of the book is realistic ficiton because this could happen in real life.

We think the authors purpose to write this book was to entertain.