E.L. Konigsberg won a Newbery Medal for this story of two young children who run away from home to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
From the book:
"Claudia and Jamie awoke very early the next morning. It was still dark. Their stomachs felt like tubes of toothpaste that had been squeezed out. Giant economy sized tubes. They had to be out of bed and out of sight before the museum staff came on duty. Neither was accustomed to getting up so early, to feeling so unwashed, or feeling so hungry."
