Elizabeth Cody Kimmel – författare

Mulgrew Middle School Summer Trip to Paris

Madame Chavotte: French Teacher and Chaperone. Built like a tank, with only one eyebrow.

Charlotte McGrath: Vault of European Information.In Command of All Details.

Bonnie Roberts: Astral Traveler and Channeler of Messages from the Universe.

Janet Graham: Obsessed with All That Is French. Insists on pronouncing own name Jah-nay.

Lewis Pilsky: Computer God. Walking Pillar of Geekdom.

Bud and Chaz: The Football Guys. Heads suspiciously jar shaped.

Tim: Last name unknown. To everyone''s knowledge, has never spoken.

And, of course . . .

Lily B.: Self-Appointed Official Diarist of the Trip and Writer Extraordinaire.

Be on the brink of Lily B''s world with her third and fantastically funny diary!Lily Blennerhasset is VERY excited. She is on a school trip with her classmates to Paris (nay, Pareee) - a city of sophistication and culture. Here is real material for a future famous novelist such as herself. Lily is convinced that, years hence, readers will peruse her diary entries and Paris will Literally Spring to Life before them. The pages themselves will smell lightly of dijon mustard and baguettes... But when Lily gets ''Separated From The Group'' (breaking her mother''s biggest commandment) she embarks on adventure involving tourist traps, accidental consumption of cow tongue and a WHOLE different take on Pareee...

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