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Sammy Keyes And The Cold Hard Cash (2008)

by Wendelin Van Draanen(Favorite Author)

4.18 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0375935266 (ISBN13: 9780375935268)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Knopf Books for Young Readers

series

Sammy Keyes

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 building by way of the fire escape she encounters a man who is also sneaking and scares him to death. Literally, he has a heart attack and dies but before he does he hands her a large amount of $20s and tells her to get rid of the cash for him. Characters are interesting and believable. A group of fifth graders loved it and recommended it to me and I'm glad they did!
review 2: have I mentioned how much I love Sammy? I do. This is book 12 in the series and so far there has only been one that... more I didn't love. That's not common in series that go on for more than a few books.However, this book mostly got me excited for the next one because of all the loose elements at the end - what will happen with Lady Lana and Mr. Acosta? and between Sammy and Casey? how will Heather treat Sammy now (though I'm sure it's safe to assume awful)?Fabulous. If you haven't read them, I recommend starting with book one and working your way through - the books stand alone fairly well, but you'll miss out on lots of character development if start here. less

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