Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself.
Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away. She decides to run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
"Claudia est àburrida de que los da̕s sean siempre iguales y decide irse de casa. Sin embargo, no quiere escapar en un arranque de ira, as q̕ue planea todo cuidadosamente y elige a su hermano Jamie como acompaąnte."--Back cover.