13 Little Blue Envelopes (Little Blue Envelopes #1)
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson is a modern day coming of age story. It centers around Virginia 'Ginny' Blackstone, a 17 year old girl who is given a letter in a blue envelope. The letter tells her to fly to London, but she can't bring any crutches. What ensues is a fantastic adventure.Read the rest of my review here
This was supposed to be my cute, inoffensive, fluffy, sweet, palate cleanser book... So much for best laid plans and all that. To start with the book has an utterly implausible set up, improbable love story, MC that is borderline stupid .... and by borderline I mean 100% stupid. I was trying to be nice but well..... It was laden with clichés and conveniences and was all rather bland...But I mean it was okay. I was expecting all of the aforementioned story set ups. And it was very fluffy and
Really cool concept, but questionable content.
Reviewed by Dena Landon for TeensReadToo.comWhen Virginia Blackstone (Ginny) receives the first blue envelope from her Aunt Peg in the mail, it sends her on an exciting, funny, and sometimes poignant adventure that readers will be delighted to join. The envelope contains $1,000 in cash, and the instructions to pick up a package of envelopes that start Ginny on a trip around Europe, tracing the steps of her eccentric Aunt. The instructions are specific; no cell phones, no maps, and Ginny can only
13 Little Blue Envelopes suffers from DPS. Disappearing Parent Syndrome is a tragic epidemic in YA novels. In this case the DPS was particularly severe. Seventeen year old Ginny Blackstone goes on a trip to Europe sponsored by her deceased aunt. Aunt Peg was not reliable when she was around. In fact, during the last several years of Ginny's life Peg was in Europe. She died without contacting the family to let them know she was suffering from a prolonged illness. The family was just expected to
Aunt Peg is dead and the thing she left Ginny? A little blue envelope with $1000 and the instructions to buy a plane ticket. So begins the adventure! This is a lovely tale of a girl following the trail of her aunt's life and discovering herself along the way.
Maureen Johnson
Paperback | Pages: 322 pages Rating: 3.64 | 76150 Users | 4842 Reviews
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Original Title: | 13 Little Blue Envelopes |
ISBN: | 0060541431 (ISBN13: 9780060541439) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Little Blue Envelopes #1 |
Characters: | Virginia Blackstone (Ginny), Margaret Banister (Aunt Peg), Richard Murphy, Keith Dobson |
Setting: | London, England Edinburgh, Scotland Rome(Italy) …more Paris(France) Amsterdam(Netherlands) Copenhagen(Denmark) Corfu(Greece) …less |
Literary Awards: | Lincoln Award Nominee (2008) |
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Inside little blue envelope 1 are $1,000 and instructions to buy a plane ticket. In envelope 2 are directions to a specific London flat. The note in envelope 3 tells Ginny: Find a starving artist. Because of envelope 4, Ginny and a playwright/thief/ bloke about town called Keith go to Scotland together, with somewhat disastrous though utterly romantic results. But will she ever see him again? Everything about Ginny will change this summer, and it's all because of the 13 little blue envelopes. Ages 12+"Specify About Books 13 Little Blue Envelopes (Little Blue Envelopes #1)
Title | : | 13 Little Blue Envelopes (Little Blue Envelopes #1) |
Author | : | Maureen Johnson |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Extras Inside |
Pages | : | Pages: 322 pages |
Published | : | December 21st 2010 by HarperCollins Publishers (first published August 23rd 2005) |
Categories | : | Young Adult. Contemporary. Romance. Fiction |
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Ratings: 3.64 From 76150 Users | 4842 ReviewsCommentary About Books 13 Little Blue Envelopes (Little Blue Envelopes #1)
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson is a modern day coming of age story. It centers around Virginia 'Ginny' Blackstone, a 17 year old girl who is given a letter in a blue envelope. The letter tells her to fly to London, but she can't bring any crutches. What ensues is a fantastic adventure.Read the rest of my review here
This was supposed to be my cute, inoffensive, fluffy, sweet, palate cleanser book... So much for best laid plans and all that. To start with the book has an utterly implausible set up, improbable love story, MC that is borderline stupid .... and by borderline I mean 100% stupid. I was trying to be nice but well..... It was laden with clichés and conveniences and was all rather bland...But I mean it was okay. I was expecting all of the aforementioned story set ups. And it was very fluffy and
Really cool concept, but questionable content.
Reviewed by Dena Landon for TeensReadToo.comWhen Virginia Blackstone (Ginny) receives the first blue envelope from her Aunt Peg in the mail, it sends her on an exciting, funny, and sometimes poignant adventure that readers will be delighted to join. The envelope contains $1,000 in cash, and the instructions to pick up a package of envelopes that start Ginny on a trip around Europe, tracing the steps of her eccentric Aunt. The instructions are specific; no cell phones, no maps, and Ginny can only
13 Little Blue Envelopes suffers from DPS. Disappearing Parent Syndrome is a tragic epidemic in YA novels. In this case the DPS was particularly severe. Seventeen year old Ginny Blackstone goes on a trip to Europe sponsored by her deceased aunt. Aunt Peg was not reliable when she was around. In fact, during the last several years of Ginny's life Peg was in Europe. She died without contacting the family to let them know she was suffering from a prolonged illness. The family was just expected to
Aunt Peg is dead and the thing she left Ginny? A little blue envelope with $1000 and the instructions to buy a plane ticket. So begins the adventure! This is a lovely tale of a girl following the trail of her aunt's life and discovering herself along the way.
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