Books by Wendelin Van Draanen
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review 1: This installment of the series has Sammy and BFF Marissa on board a cruise ship. The cruise is a gift from her newly-discovered musician father, so that he can get to know his daughter. When they befriend fellow passenger, Kip Kensington, it isn’t long until Sammy and company are...
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review 1: The book is called "The Running Dream", it's by Wendelin Van Draanen. The book is about this girl named Jessica and she has gone through this terrible accident that makes her loose her leg. The kicker is though, she was an amazing high school runner. She doesn't know how she is g...
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review 1: Well, that was definetly one of the best books in the series! I really loved this book!! ALL of the side characters that had been mentioned in previous books seemed to have a really big role in this one. I LOVED the drama, and how there were scary aspects, also mixed in with...
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review 1: Sammy Keyes and the Wedding Crasher was a pretty decent book because of how somebody you know who’s innocent is actually revealed to be a suspect. I couldn’t stop reading near the end because of how the climax of the book is revealing by the words written from the author (Wendeli...
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review 1: Sammy Keyes is an absolute rock star who can do no wrong, & as her character develops further in each book, I come to love her even more. Sammy & the gang all know that Santa Martina is home to any number of unusual people & "characters." You don't have to go very far to figure t...
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review 1: Sammy Keyes is a Nancy Drew-like series. In this book she is currently living secretly in her Grandma's old folks home. Her mother is a self absorbed actress who lives in Hollywood and Sammy would much rather live with her Grandma. While she is sneaking out of her grandma's buil...
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review 1: The first book in this series (Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief) was on my daughter’s summer reading list between 4th and 5th grade. We read it together and were hooked. Inquisitive and resourceful, Samantha (Sammy) Keyes makes a great tween protagonist. We read another book in th...