Eleven-year-old Nora has a very special relationship with her Grandma Sylvia.  The first Saturday of every month Nora spends the night with Grandma Sylvia and they do all sorts of wonderful, adventurous things.  They shop in Manhattan, go to the museums, Central Park, terrific restaurants, shows–you name it.  Grandma Sylvia has a pretty exciting life–she is an assistant designer for a fashioner designer.  As such she travels to Paris twice a year for business.  Grandma Sylvia tells Nora so much about Paris that Nora is dying to go.  For her twelfth birthday, Grandma makes plans to take both Nora and Faye (Nora’s mom and Sylvia’s daughter) to Paris, however, shortly before the trip she dies in a car accident.  In cleaning out her home, Nora discovers the tickets and convinces her mom that they should still go.  Once in Paris, Grandma Sylvia has arranged for them to visit her favorite places and has included envelopes for them with a letter for each location, explaining why its one of her favorites, and either tickets or money for admission.  She has also sent ahead a gift for Nora and Faye to be given to them upon their arrival to each location.  The envelopes must be opened in order and the scavenger hunt culminates at the famous Parisian design show that her grandmother worked on.  Throughout the week, Nora and her mom, Faye, learn about each other and how similar they are, and Faye finds out how much her mother loved her.  The places they went sound absolutely fabulous.  I looked them up online and they really do exist.  If I was planning a one-week visit to Paris, I would definitely use this book as a guide.  This book should appeal to girls who love to travel and love realistic adventure.