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Jessica
Jan 20, 2011 rated it really liked it
I loved this book because of all the places I got to travel with the main character, Ginny. I have serious wanderlust and want to see this world, and this book just made me that more excited to travel! I loved Maureen Johnson's descriptions and I loved the uniqueness of the plot. This is definitely different than other contemporaries that I have read.

The only thing I didn't love about this book was that it felt too "YA", which is fine, but I was well aware that I was reading a YA novel the enti
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Julie sims and books
Mar 13, 2015 rated it really liked it
Adventure with ginny across the country to london and follow this blue evelope letters to her from her (Running away aunt). As you learn with ginny of her gookyness and you get to know her aunt some along way. It's a mystery in a Mystery. To me you find something special when you read this book. I did, no matter how much we don't see one other (may it be family, friend or both). we all seem to find a way to commuicate to each other. ...more
Andrea
Aug 02, 2011 rated it liked it
Shelves: own, 2011
This book was a good book, but nothing too special. It went along as a good story. I was surprised what happened with the envelopes in Greece and it made me want to read the second book, even though I wasn't planning on it. ...more
AmyMK Kuhlman
Jan 22, 2008 rated it really liked it
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Jul 05, 2008 rated it really liked it
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Jul 31, 2008 rated it really liked it
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Melissa
Sep 25, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Ruthi
May 07, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Jenn
Dec 30, 2010 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2011, favorites
Jodi
May 10, 2011 rated it liked it
Shelves: 2011
Heather
Jun 15, 2011 rated it it was ok
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Nancy
Jun 25, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction, ya, 2011
Ann
Aug 08, 2011 marked it as to-read
Lauren
Jan 14, 2012 marked it as to-read
Mandy  Hornsby
Apr 27, 2012 rated it liked it
Crystal
Jun 10, 2013 rated it it was ok
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Aug 20, 2013 rated it liked it
Laura
Nov 19, 2015 rated it it was ok
SamZ
Oct 19, 2016 marked it as to-read
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Kristin
Jun 05, 2017 marked it as to-read
Sarah
Sep 04, 2018 rated it liked it
Shelves: 2018
Katie
Oct 31, 2018 rated it liked it
Shelves: fiction, ya, contemporary
Lorna
Dec 24, 2018 rated it liked it
Jessica
Aug 30, 2019 marked it as to-read
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Jennifer Melnyk
Sep 30, 2019 marked it as to-read
Megnews
Apr 11, 2020 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Kristin
Nov 17, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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