my favorite e.l. konigsburg story is that from the mixed-up files of mrs. basil e. frankweiler continued to be assigned in schools for many decades after she wrote it in 1967 (and still is today, i bet--i was assigned it about 7 years ago) and someone wrote her an angry letter in like the 80s or 90s that was like “it is IRRESPONSIBLE to imply that two children can run away to new york city with only $24 and survive on their own for a week” and ms. konigsburg was just like “well that was a lot of money in 1967”