My Secret Guide to Paris (14 page)

LISA SCHROEDER
is the author of several books for young readers, including the Charmed Life series and the novels
It’s Raining Cupcakes
,
Sprinkles and Secrets
, and
Frosting and Friendship
. Lisa is a native Oregonian and lives in Beaverton with her husband and two sons. When she’s not writing, you will probably find Lisa reading, walking the dog, or baking yummy treats—and online at www.lisaschroederbooks.com.

Text copyright © 2015 by Lisa Schroeder

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Schroeder, Lisa, author.

My secret guide to Paris / by Lisa Schroeder. — First edition.

pages cm

Summary: Twelve-year-old Nora has always dreamed of going to Paris with her grandmother, but when her grandmother dies it seems like Paris is gone with her—until Nora finds three airline tickets in a trunk, and sets out to persuade her mother to use them.

ISBN 978-0-545-70808-1 (alk. paper)

1. Grandmothers—Juvenile fiction. 2. Grandparent and child—Juvenile fiction. 3. Mothers and daughters—Juvenile fiction. 4. Bereavement—Juvenile fiction. 5. Families—Juvenile fiction. 6. Paris (France)—Juvenile fiction. [1. Grandmothers—Fiction. 2. Mothers and daughters—Fiction. 3. Grief—Fiction. 4. Family life—France—Paris—Fiction. 5. Paris (France)—Fiction. 6. France—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.S3818My 2015

813.6—dc23

2014017073

First edition, March 2015

Cover design by Yaffa Jaskoll

Cover photograph © 2015 by Michael Frost

Stock image: Matthew Dixon/Getty Images (Eiffel Tower)

Author photo by Left Turn Studio

e-ISBN 978-0-545-70964-4

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