Virginia Blackstone (aka Ginny; Pretzels)

13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson is a story about a shy young girl named Virginia (Ginny) Blackstone who is sent on a European adventure. The trip is a treasure hunt with a twist. Ginny is given a series of instructions which are sealed in thirteen separate envelopes.

Ginny is seventeen - the same age as her Aunt Peg was when she ran away from home. She has deep chocolate brown hair, longer than her Aunt's but the same color and has a remarkable resemblance to her Aunt in enough ways that even Richard comments. Ginny is somewhat taller than Peg was, and larger - perhaps less delicate. Her body has more in the way of curves than Peg had, and no one would think at first glance that Ginny might be a dancer. Still, there resemblance to each other is remarkable. Ginny's birth...