13 Little Blue Envelopes · Book 1

13 Little Blue Envelopes

Published
23 August 2005
Pages
317
ISBN-13
9780007319909
Type
novel
Cover of 13 Little Blue Envelopes

About this book

13 Little Blue Envelopes, published in August 2005, opens Maureen Johnson's duology at 317 pages, sending seventeen-year-old Ginny Blackstone on a scavenger-hunt tour of Europe guided by thirteen envelopes left behind by her late Aunt Peg, each openable only after completing the task in the one before it.

Key facts about 13 Little Blue Envelopes

13 Little Blue Envelopes is a novel by Maureen Johnson. Readers have had it since 23 August 2005. It runs to 317 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of 13 Little Blue Envelopes. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780007319909 to find the main one.

13 Little Blue Envelopes is book 1 of 2 in the 13 Little Blue Envelopes series. The series has 2 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. The Last Little Blue Envelope is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 26 April 2011.

Additionally, Maureen Johnson writes Suite Scarlett, Shades of London and Shadowhunter Chronicles: Short Fiction Collections, plus 1 more series. Those series sit on our young adult, fantasy and mystery shelves. Meanwhile, The Velvet Knife is the latest published Maureen Johnson book on file, from 29 September 2026.

About Maureen Johnson

Maureen Johnson is an American young adult author known for novels including 13 Little Blue Envelopes and the Truly Devious mystery series, as well as her contributions to the Shadowhunter short fiction anthologies within Cassandra Clare's Shadowhunter Chronicles universe. See every Maureen Johnson book in order.

Its place in 13 Little Blue Envelopes

13 Little Blue Envelopes is book 1 in the 13 Little Blue Envelopes series. It is followed by The Last Little Blue Envelope. See the full 13 Little Blue Envelopes reading order.

When her free-spirited Aunt Peg dies of cancer, seventeen-year-old Ginny Blackstone receives a mysterious package: thirteen blue envelopes, each one to be opened only after she completes the task set out in the one before it. The envelopes send her, alone and with no set itinerary, on a scavenger-hunt tour of Europe -- London, Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Rome, Greece -- following the trail her aunt once walked herself, with each stop peeling back another layer of who Peg really was and why she left home so…

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