Fifteen of E.L. Konigsburg's beloved classic novels are now available together in a collectible boxed set! This entertaining collection features: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1968 Newbery Medal) Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth (1968 Newbery Honor) The View from Saturday (1997 Newbery Medal) A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver (A National Book Award finalist) (George) About the B'Nai Bagels Journey to an 800 Number My Father's Daughter The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place The Second Mrs. Gioconda Silent to the Bone T-Backs, T-Shirts, Coat, and Suit Throwing Shadows (1999 Phoenix Award winner) Up from Jericho Tel

Author Biography

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.