Julie and the Blue Guitar

Part of the Mysteries Across Time series

A journal links two girls across decades to solve a mystery involving a missing blue guitar.

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96 pages

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Emma discovers a 1977 journal in a thrift shop, connecting her to Julie, a girl from the past. As Emma navigates her new life in San Francisco, she becomes engrossed in Julie's world, where stolen artifacts and an oil spill threaten the environment. Despite the decades between them, Emma and Julie share a passion for their city and a mysterious blue guitar. Emma documents her journey to uncover Julie's identity, leading to an unexpected alliance that transcends time. Can they solve the mystery and make a difference in their community?

From the publisher

An American Girl Mystery unravels across time! Join Emma Dhillon in 2024 as she befriends Julie Albright through her 1977 journal and uncovers a mystery. Ten-year-old Emma is excited to explore her new home of San Francisco, but making new friends is difficult. That is, until she meets Julie…. well, she discovers her journal from 1977 in a local thirft shop and quickly becomes enraptured with a mystery unfolding in Julie’s time. Though half a century separates them, Emma and Julie are united by their shared home, their passion for the environment, and a missing blue guitar. As Julie investigates stolen artifacts and works to help animals after an oil spill, Emma sets to work uncovering Julie A.’s identity, documenting the whole process on video for her school project. This new mystery graphic novel from American Girl and IDW weaves together two storylines, past and present, ending with a modern girl and a historical character joining forces to make a difference today.

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