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13 Little Blue Envelopes
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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13 Little Blue Envelopes
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Maureen Johnson
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:320 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780007319909
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| Classifications | Dewey:813.6 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
HarperCollins Publishers
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| Imprint |
HarperCollins
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| Publication Date |
30 April 2009 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Everything about Ginny will change this summer, and it's all because of 13 little blue envelopes... Ginny, 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.
Author Biography
Maureen Johnson was born in Philadelphia, but soon ran off to New York City to study writing and drama at Columbia University. Along the way, she served up hamburgers in the company of mad scientists and talking skeletons in New York, worked in a bar in Piccadilly Circus, nervously worked alongside five tigers in Las Vegas, and once got mixed up with the entire cast of a major West End musical. She is the author of The Key to the Golden Firebird and The Bermudez Triangle. You can visit Maureen online at www.maureenjohnsonbooks.
Reviews"Equal parts poignant, funny and inspiring, with a delicious fairytale ending." Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Johnson's writing is sophisticated and humorous, her characterisations pitch perfect." Kirkus Reviews
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