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Sammy Keyes And The Cold Hard Cash With 6 CDs (2009)

by Wendelin Van Draanen(Favorite Author)

4.18 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1430107782 (ISBN13: 9781430107781)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Live Oak Media

series

Sammy Keyes

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 the series (Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Moustache Mary) as a family, including my husband in the fun. We listened to Sammy Keyes and the Wild Things and this book on CD in the car as we travelled for summer vacation. We learned a lot about how you can tell if money is real or counterfeit, and I noticed my daughter checking all of the bills we passed and received on vacation. I recommend reading this series in order because the characters and relationships develop from one book to the ... morenext.
review 2: I really loved this book because it was a dramatic scene in the beginning of the story. For example when Sammy was coming up the fire escape she scared a man. The man had a heart attacked and died on the floor(p.10). Sammy goes up the fire escape because she is scared that she would get caught beacuse she lives illegaly with her grandma. Another example is when an old women comes and sees the man and tries to help but doesn't call the police right away(p.16). You would like this book if you liked family drama and love drama. I say this because Marissa is having trouble with her parents because her father has a gambling problems and the mom is mad(p.158). A love drama is when Marissa findds out that Danny ( the boy she likes) kissed Heather she is so mad and wants to attack her(p.125). One challenge I had with the book is the way the story was told beacuse an man dies in the beginning and gave away the suspence. A lesson I learned is that it is easy to have revenge bult it is harder to forgive. That's when Marissa wants revenge on Heather and Danny but Sammy tells her to forgive them but it is way to hard for Marissa to forgive Danny. less

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