Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief by Wendelin Van Draanen

Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief by Wendelin Van Draanen

Sammy Keyes must be a magnet for trouble.

I mean it's bad enough that she has to live illegally in a seniors-only building with her grandmother while her mother tries to make it as a move star. And worse that she witnessed a burglary in progress--and that the theif saw her. And worse still that nosy neighbor Mrs. Graybill is onto her, and that the thief is after her. But on top of all that, she also manages to make an enemy of the queen of mean at her new school and get suspended on the first day.

Welcome to the wild world of Sammy Keyes

Praise for the Sammy Keyes series:

Sammy Keyes is feisty, fearless, and funny. A top-notch investigator --New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton

The sleuth delights from start to finish. Keep your binoculars trained on Sammy Keyes. --Publishers Weekly

Sammy Keyes is the hottest sleuth to appear in children's books since Nancy Drew.--The Boston Globe

Books have always been a part of Wendelin Van Draanen's life. Her mother taught her to read at an early age, and she has fond memories of story time with her father, when she and her brothers would cuddle up around him and listen to him read stories.

Growing up, Van Draanen was a tomboy who loved to be outside chasing down adventure. She did not decide that she wanted to be an author until she was an adult. When she tried her hand at writing a screenplay about a family tragedy, she found the process quite cathartic and from that experience, turned to writing novels for adults. She soon stumbled upon the joys of writing for children.

Feedback from her readers is Van Draanen's greatest reward for writing. One girl came up to me and told me I changed her life. It doesn't get any better than that, she said. Van Draanen hopes to leave her readers with a sense that they have the ability to steer their own destiny--that individuality is a strength, and that where there's a will, there's most certainly a way.

Wendelin Van Draanen is the winner of the 1999 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Children's Mystery Book for Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief and lives with her husband and two sons in California.

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ISBN 13	9780679892649
ISBN 10	0679892648
Title	Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief
Author	Wendelin Van Draanen
Series	Sammy Keyes
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Alfred A. Knopf
Year published	1998-08-18
Number of pages	192
Prizes	Winner of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile Novel 1999
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