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Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyes

Wendelin Van Draanen

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English
Random House USA Inc
15 April 2003
Series: Sammy Keyes
""The most winning junior detective ever in teen lit. (Take that, Nancy Drew!)"" -Midwest Children's Book Review

Sammy's softball team is in contention for the Junior Slugger's Cup,

and all she wants to do is hunker down behind the home plate and catch

strikes. But Heather Acosta brings new meaning to the term ""foul ball""

as she schemes to get Sammy kicked off the team.

Then Sammy is

thrown a wild pitch by a frantic girl at the mall. The girl asks Sammy

to watch her bag and dashes off before Sammy discovers that the bag

she's left holding contains a baby! When the girl doesn't return, Sammy

decides to go find her. A heart-pounding search ensues, and leads to

some situations that are definitely not covered in the softball

playbook.

The Sammy Keyes mysteries are fast-paced,

funny,

thoroughly modern, and true whodunits. Each

mystery is

exciting and

dramatic, but it's the drama in Sammy's personal

life

that keeps

readers coming back to see what happens next with her

love interest

Casey, her soap-star mother, and her mysterious father.
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Imprint:   Random House USA Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Volume:   7
Dimensions:   Height: 192mm,  Width: 133mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   241g
ISBN:   9780440419006
ISBN 10:   044041900X
Series:   Sammy Keyes
Pages:   320
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 10 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  English as a second language
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN was a classroom teacher for many years before becoming a full-time writer. The books in the Sammy Keyes mystery series have been embraced by critics and readers alike, with Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief receiving the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best children’s mystery. Wendelin is also the author of many award-winning novels, including Flipped, The Running Dream, Runaway, Confessions of a Serial Kisser, Swear to Howdy, The Secret Life of Lincoln Jones, and Wild Bird. You can find her online at WendelinVanDraanen.com and @WendelinVanD, and you can follow Sammy Keyes on Facebook.

Reviews for Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyes

Praise for the Sammy Keyes series: Van Draanen offers such an explosive combination of high-stakes sleuthing, hilarity, and breathlessly paced action that it's impossible to turn the pages fast enough. --<i>Kirkus Reviews There's no stopping Sammy. --<i>Publishers Weekly</i> An intelligent, gutsy, flawed, and utterly likable heroine. --<i>Booklist</i> Move over, Nancy Drew--a new sleuth is on the scene. --<i>Girls' Life</i> Think a combination of Carl Hiaasen's <i>Flush</i> and Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum books and you'll be right on target. --<i>School Library Journal A high-quality, high-amp mystery series. --<i>The Horn Book</i> This funny, clever series is NOT for kids only. I challenge the most seasoned mystery reader to guess 'who done it.' --<i>Cozies, Capers, and Crimes</i> Sammy Keyes comes armed with attitude. --<i>Orlando Sentinel</i> Sammy doesn't find mysteries to solve--they find her. --<i>Arizona Republic</i> Humor, romance and adventure; this story is an absolute blast. <i>--Chicago Tribune</i> If you haven't met Sammy Keyes yet, now is the time. --<i>Children's Literature</i>


  • Short-listed for Edgar Allan Poe Awards (Juvenile) 2003

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