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When thirteen-year-old Sammy finds herself with an abandoned baby on her hands, she sets out to find the young mother, who may belong to a gang, and accidentally jeopardizes her position on the softball team.Tags
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This is probably my least favorite of the books in this series because i hate the gangs plotline.
I remember being thrilled when I got the first book in this series for Christmas one year. Unfortunately, Sammy Keyes went downhill fast. This one (the 5th book in the series, I believe?) is just boring.
such a fun book i love it i would diffinetly read it again. i often crave reading another but i already read the whol series and im trying to read different books
When thirteen-year-old Sammy finds herself with an abandoned baby on her hands, she sets out to find the young mother, who may belong to a gang, and accidentally jeopardizes her position on the softball team.
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Wendelin Van Draanen was born on January 6, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois. She is the daughter of chemists who emigrated from Holland. She worked as a math teacher and then as a computer science teacher before becoming an author. Wendelin Van Draanen began her writing career with a screenplay and soon switched to adult novels and then children's show more books. She is best known for her Sammy Keyes series of novels, which she started writing in 1997, featuring a teenage detective named Samantha Keyes. Her popular Sammy Keyes series had been nominated four times for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Children's Mystery and won with "Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief". Her Shredderman series also yielded a Christopher Medal for Secret Identity. She has also written several novels such as: How I Survived Being a Girl and Flipped. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyes
- Original publication date
- 2002
- People/Characters
- Samantha "Sammy" Josephine Keyes; Marissa McKenze; Joey (aka 'Pepe'); Rita Keyes; Mrs. Sarah Rothhammer (coach); Heather Acosta (show all 22); Gilbert "Gil" Borsch; Lena Martinez (nee Moreno); Tito Moreno; Joey Martinez (deceased); Raymond Ramirez (aka 'Snake Eyes'/'Caesar'); Tippy Moreno; Rose Wedgewood; Margaret DeVries (aka 'Dot'); Joseph Caan (vice principal); Casey Acosta; Hudson Graham; Babs Filarski; Robert "Bob" Vince; Holly Janquell; Debra; Sonja Ibarra
- Important places
- Santa Martina, USA
- Dedication
- Dedicated to those who stand up to terrorists, both big and small.
Thanks to the following for their help with research: Sergeant Gregory Carroll of the Santa Maria Police Department; Cathy DeCaprio-Wells at Santa Bar... (show all)abara Child Protective Services
Also, sincere gratitude to: Mark and Nancy for their help, support, and, yes, ruthless edits;
Honey Beth Felter; bibliographer extraordinaire; Kathleen Dunn, Isabel Warren-Lynch, Michelle Gengaro-Kokmen, and the Gang of Goodguys at Knopf who are helping Sammy fight the good fight. - First words
- I'm embarrassed to say that I didn't see it coming.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I guess we'll see just where it takes me.
- Original language
- English
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- 291
- Popularity
- 110,114
- Reviews
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- (4.07)
- Languages
- English, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 23
- ASINs
- 6
