Tuesday, June 7, 2011

The Last Little Blue Envelope / Maureen Johnson / 282 pages

Ginny surprisingly receives an e-mail from a stranger in London telling her that he has her 13 letters written by her dead aunt.  The letters were stolen in Greece as Ginny was following the directions contained within the notes.  Oliver, the finder, wants Ginny to meet him in London so that he can return the letters.  Ginny discovers, however, that the final letter contains directions to yet another of her Aunt's works of art and that Oliver will not give her the final letter unless she agrees to give one half of the proceeds from the sale of the artwork.  Ginny agrees to his terms and is thrilled that her "boyfriend" from her previous London trip insists on accompanying them.  Unfortunately, he brings along his new girlfriend.

"That's how you win at life.  You have to imagine your way through.  Never say something can't be done.  There's always a solution, even if it's weird."

"Returning was a weird thing.  You can never visit the same place twice.  Each time it's a different story.  By the very act of coming back, you wipe out what came before."

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