13 Little Blue Envelopes
Everything about Ginny will change this summer, and it’s all because of 13 little blue envelopes…Perfect summer read from Queen of Teen 2012Ginny, aged 17, is left 13 little blue envelopes by her free-spirited young Aunt Peg. Little does she know just how much they will change her life…• Inside envelope No 1 is money and instructions to buy a plane ticket.• Inside envelope No 2 are directions to a specific London flat• Inside envelope No 3 a note to Ginny says: Find a starving artist.• And because of envelope No 4 Ginny and a man called Keith go to Scotland together, with somewhat disastrous – though utterly romantic – results.
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13 Little Blue Envelopes
Maureen Johnson
First published in the USA by HarperCollins Publishers 2006
First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2009
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13 Little Blue Envelopes
Copyright © 2005 by Alloy Entertainment and Maureen Johnson
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Source ISBN: 9780007319909
EBook Edition © MARCH 2010 ISBN: 9780007372553
Version: 2014-10-03
For Kate Schafer, the greatest traveling companion in the world, and a woman who is not afraid to admit that she occasionally can’t remember where she lives.
Table of Contents
The Hooligan and the Pineapple
The Not-so-Mysterious Benefactor
The Master and the Hairdresser
Homeless, Homesick, and Diseased
The Secret Life of Olivia Knapp
Rule 1:
You may bring only what fits in your backpack. Don’t try to fake it with a purse or a carry-on.
Rule 2:
You may not bring guidebooks, phrase books, or any kind of foreign language aid. And no journals.
Rule 3:
You cannot bring extra money or credit/debit cards, traveler’s checks, etc. I’ll take care of all of that.
Rule 4:
No electronic crutches. This means no laptop, no cell phone, no music, and no camera. You can’t call home or communicate with people in the U.S. by Internet or telephone. Postcards and letters are acceptable and encouraged.
That’s all you need to know for now. See you at 4th Noodle.
Dear Ginger,
I have never been a great follower of rules. You know that. So it’s going to seem a little odd that this letter is full of rules I’ve written and that I need you to follow.
“Rules to what?” you have to be asking yourself. You always did ask good questions.
Remember how we used to play the “today I live in” game when you were little and used to come visit me in New York? (I think I liked “I live in Russia” best. We always played that one in winter. We’d go to see the Russian art collection at the Met, stomp through the snow in Central Park, then go to that little Russian restaurant in the Village that had those really good pickles and that weird hairless poodle who sat in the window and barked at cabs.)
I’d like to play that game one more time—except now we’re going to be a little more literal. Today’s game is “I live in London.” Notice that I have included $1,000 in cash in this envelope. This is for a passport, a one-way ticket from New York to London, and a backpack. (Keep a few bucks for a cab to the airport.)
Upon booking the ticket, packing the backpack, and hugging everyone good-bye, I want you to go to New York City. Specifically, I want you to go to 4th Noodle, the Chinese restaurant under my old apartment. Something is waiting there for you. Go to the airport right from there.
You will be gone for several weeks, and you will be traveling in foreign lands. These are the aforementioned rules that will guide your travels:
Rule 1: You may bring only what fits in your backpack. Don’t try to fake it out with a purse or a carry-on.
Rule 2: You may not bring guidebooks, phrase books, or any kind of foreign language aid. And no journals.
