“What?” I asked.

  “How about if we start with finding places here in New York that are a little bit like Britain? We could go for tea and crumpets. Or fish and chips. And we can look up British artists at the museum, too.”

  “Jolly good,” I said in my best British accent. “But I’m still going to dream about going to London someday.”

  Maybe I didn’t need to carry around a button in my pocket anymore, but my dreams were something else. I’d carry the dream of London around with me for as long as I had to, because someday it’d be my turn for another dream to come true.

  And when it happened, I wanted to be ready!

  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

  All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., Publishers since 1920. SCHOLASTIC, SCHOLASTIC PRESS, and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc.

  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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