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13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson

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    Ginny's Summer Adventure

  • Part 1 & 2

    Part 1 & 2
    Virginia (Ginny), a shy 17 year old girl, recives a a brown package postmarked from London. The one who sent the pakage was her Aunt Peg, who had been dead for three month from cancer. Inside the box were 12 little blue envelopes, each with one number written on it, 2-13. She reads a list of rules for her to follow from the pakage. She opens an envelope full with $1,000 and instructions to buy a plane ticket. Envelope 2 had "Open on the pla
  • Part 3

    Part 3
    She reads envelope 2 on the plane. Even thought one of the rules says you cant bring any guid books, well she did. After ariving at Pennington St. 54a, she meets a guy named Richard, close to her age. They meet at a resteraunt and talk about what Richard sold to the queen. They go to a theater and only 10 people showed up. Ginny was about to leave before, a man hoped on stage and called himself Jittery Grande, who ended up being the host. Ginny ironically enjoyed the show.
  • Part 4

    Part 4
    The next letter tells Ginny to go see Mari Adams, Peg's idol, who lives in Edinburgh. Her next assignment might reunite her with keith once again. She leaves a note for Richard and tries to find Keith's flat again. David was standing outside and the two talk about Fiona not going to Spain. Keith comes down and opens the car door for Ginny.
  • Part 5 & 6

    Part 5 & 6
    Ginny is scared to even croos the streets, because she notices that Rome is a super busy city with crazy drivers. She follows a tour group inside a metro station, and sees a map with a stop marked 'Coliseo'. She then spots these strange people and gives them a US quarter. After that, she opens the next letter.
  • Part 7

    Part 7
    The next letter she reads tells her to get on a night train and to stay on the Left Bank, in Montparnasse. In the letter, it lists some very good artists that might have been there. It also tells her that she should go to Louvre to get her next task. In her notebook, she wrights a letter for Miriam.
  • Part 8

    Part 8
    When Keith told her that he had been waiting for about 2 hours, she could barely say a word. Ginny says that she was trying to look for a cafe and Keith confesses his starvation. After they leave the pastel and walk along the streets of Paris, they come across a cemetary and Keith jumps the fense then tells her to follow behind himm. They chat about an incedent that happened, about a toy in Scotland.
  • Part 9

    Part 9
    She goes to Amsterdam to find a friend named Charlie. She also goes to Rijksmuseum to find Piet and question him about the painting "The Night Watch". Whith a little inconvenience, Ginny finds Charlie's address on Westerstraat. When she gets there, the owner tells her that he doent live there. She finds a hostel, named The Apple, with a cafe out infront of the old hostel with a regge themed kid of style. Three flights up is her room with one of the steepest fight of stairs.
  • 2nd part of Part 9

    2nd part of Part 9
    She follows the schedule, from the Knapp's, for three days. Ginny is stoke to her that she gets a free day. She has to find Piet and really wants to email Keith. Olivia want to use a day pass with Ginny at an internet cafe. Keith emails her back. Ginny almost breaks one of the rules that was in one of the letters.
  • Part 10

    In the next letter, Aunt Peg tells her that she is sick and how she went to Denmark instead of going to a docter for her vision. Ginny recives an email adress from her, that says someone will pick her up at the airport. She take a ride in the side-car of a motorcycle driven by a guy named Knud. He takes her to a houseboat and tells her that he is a Viking.
  • Part 11

    Ginny is told to call her when she is on the boat, after arriving at Corfu. Ginny tells everyone that she is leaving so that shee can go to Greece. She opened envelope 11. Carrie wants them to join her on her trip and she agrees because she wants to have company. They booked train passage, after only twenty minutes. The fell like th ride takes forever, when they get on a boat. She opens the 12 letter.
  • Part 12

    Ginny chats with Keith about the theif of there possessions and their stops sense. She had told him that Richard was her uncle then storms off. They all are concerned about Ginny. Keith, Richard andher go to a meeting with Cecil Gage-Rathbone. They spot her aunt's painting out on display and identifies their uniqueness. Peg knew that once she dies, her art becomes more and more valuble. Richard just admires tha paintings. Ginny notices something missing then goes to see Keith.