Sammy Keyes and the Art of Deception
Playaway
Author: Wendelin Van Draanen Narrator: Tara Sands
ISBN 13: 9781606406403
Length: 7 Hr 10 Min 00 Sec
Release Date: 6/30/2004
Grades: 4 – 7
Price:
$64.99
Sammy Keyes, girl sleuth extraordinaire, cracks the case once again in the latest installment of Wendelin Van Draanen's smart, snappy mystery series. This time, the trouble begins when 13-year-old Sammy ("a magnet for mayhem") attends a fancy reception at an art gallery (wearing high-tops, of course) and ends up tackling a gun-wielding art burglar who crashes the party. He, however, proves to be only one of an entire gallery of rogues. As ever, Van Draanen crafts an entertaining, multi-layered page-turner starring a brash, likable heroine with a big mouth and a big heart. Throw in a little romance at a Renaissance Faire, a whole new side to Sammy's grandmother (what's this about a tricked-out Harley?), and some thoughtful views on the nature of art, and voila! You have one of the best Sammy Keyes books to date.
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Sammy Keyes and the Cold Hard Cash
Playaway
Narrator: Tara Sands
ISBN 13: 9781616374051
Length: 7 Hr 35 Min 00 Sec
Release Date: 12/31/2009
Grades: 4 – 7
Price:
$64.99
In her latest mystery, Sammy Keyes feels responsible for the death of an old man who she discovers on the fire escape and who, with his dying breath, begs her to take his wads of cash and throw them away!
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Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Moustache Mary
Playaway
Author: Wendelin Van Draanen Narrator: Tara Sands
ISBN 13: 9781606406380
Length: 6 Hr 15 Min 00 Sec
Release Date: 11/30/2001
Grades: 4 – 7
Price:
$59.99
"In this fifth Sammy Keyes mystery, the normally unflappable heroine encounters a corpse, an arsonist, and an irate policeman -- and her first real experiences with adolescent angst. On a quiet weekend in the country, Sammy and her friends meet Lucinda Huntley and her 200-pound pig, and become involved in a centuries old family feud involving Lucinda's great grandma Moustache Mary. When Mary's pioneer cabin burns to the ground, it's up to Sammy to dig up the cause as the past collides with the present in this highly combustible mystery!"
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Sammy Keyes and the Dead Giveaway
Playaway
Author: Wendelin Van Draanen Narrator: Tara Sands
ISBN 13: 9781606406397
Length: 7 Hr 06 Min 00 Sec
Release Date: 7/31/2006
Grades: 4 – 7
Price:
$64.99
Irrepressible Sammy Keyes, girl detective, returns to charm young mystery fans in the tenth book in the series by Wendelin Van Draanen. Sammy, who is completing seventh grade, is horrified when a teacher's beloved bird dies. Although Sammy is responsible, the teacher blames her rival, Heather. Sammy sees Heather steal ballots for the Class Personalities election, so she allows Heather to take the fall -- for awhile anyway. Everyone at school is chattering about the school dance and Sammy is dismayed when Casey, Heather's brother, invites her to go with a group of friends as a "non-date" date. Along the way, Sammy gets distracted by a problem concerning urban renewal and begins snooping.
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Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood Mummy
Playaway
Author: Wendelin Van Draanen Narrator: Tara Sands
ISBN 13: 9781606406410
Length: 6 Hr 45 Min 00 Sec
Release Date: 11/30/2001
Grades: 4 – 7
Price:
$64.99
The sixth Sammy Keyes book is one of the most exciting yet, as Sammy and her friend Marissa decide to blow town and take a bus to the seedy, insane town of Hollywood to surprise (and shake some sense into) Sammy's mother, the elusive Lady Lana. When they arrive, they discover that she's transformed herself into the glamorous, platinum-blonde, "25-year-old" actress Dominique Windsor, who certainly could never have spawned a 12-year-old --let alone a scruffy, no-nonsense girl like Sammy. The plot thickens, however, as Lady Lana's masquerade backfires in the most dreadful of ways and Sammy is left to save the day and solve the biggest mystery of her life.
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