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.
“I have a crush on a building. I’d been there several times but never to work. I always knew there were offices in there, but that fact never penetrated, really. You don’t work in the Empire State Building. You propose in the Empire State Building. You sneak a flask up there and raise a toast to the whole city of New York.”
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This book sounds like such a fun read. Definitely adding it to my list. I've always dreamed of just packing up and going on an adventure somewhere far away from my comfortable little nook in CA. When you live in one place your whole live, the rest of the worl looks so exciting …
I'm new to your blog and I just want to say I love how you compare books to drinks. That's so neat! And the fact that this one was a root beer float makes me want to read it more – I love the occasional float, so good.