Sammy Keyes and the Cold Hard Cash (2008)

by Wendelin Van Draanen

Other authors: See the other authors section.

Series: Sammy Keyes (book 12)

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Mentions
124	5	219,886	(4.06)	5
Thirteen-year-old Sammy meets a mysterious man who dies of a heart attack after telling her to get rid of the large amount of money he is carrying, leading her to investigate who the man was and how he came to be carrying so much cash.

all members

▾Members

Recently added by

Boomi96, IttyEckstein, SassyCassi, DavidWeldon, BIALibrary, BookHugger121, eswain2022, tisserandencre, lippmann_sal, fernandie

▾Tags

▾LibraryThing Recommendations

▾Lists

None

▾Will you like it?

▾Conversations (About links)

No current Talk conversations about this book.

» See also 5 mentions

▾Member reviews

date ▼ | votes

Showing 5 of 5

The money storyline made me uncomfortable and its wildly fatphobic >:( (

)

mutantpudding | Aug 14, 2022 |

Sammy Keyes is a character present in this series of mysteries. In this one, Sammy needs to decide what to do with a dying man's wish of throwing his money away. Who throws money away and why is it so important to him that she does? She has better plans to do with the cash (new swimsuit). She almost spent the money until a stranger starts poking around the dead guy's personal life. Great book with cliffhangers at the end of every chapter.

Awards/Reviews:
Booklist starred 10/01/08
School Library Journal 12/01/08
Horn Book 04/01/09

Again, this book would be great for a modeled text to have students try to mimck mystery writing of their own.

Winnster | Aug 1, 2013 |

This is one of my favorite series! It is suspenseful, funny, interesting, well-written, entertaining, and marvelous! This is definitely a great addition to the series. Everyone should read them. (

)

rvolenti | Aug 8, 2010 |

This is one of my favorite Sammy Keyes books. Some parts were a little slow, but they're made up for by others. Sammy is such an amazing character; she's relatable and not a perfect person. I love the Sammy/Casey interaction, and I absolutely can't wait for the next book! It's too bad that there's only going to be eight more books in the series. (

)

kikistina | Oct 24, 2009 |

Thirteen-year-old Sammy meets a mysterious man who dies of a heart attack after telling her to get rid of the large amount of money he is carrying, leading her to investigate who the man was and how he came to be carrying so much cash.

lkmuir | Dec 7, 2015 |

date ▼ | votes

Showing 5 of 5

▾Published reviews

no reviews | add a review

▾Other authors

» Add other authors (1 possible)

Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Wendelin Van Draanen	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Sands, Tara	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

▾Series and work relationships

Belongs to Series

Sammy Keyes (book 12)

▾Awards and Honors

view history

▾Common Knowledge

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Canonical title

Original title

Alternative titles

Original publication date

2008

People/Characters

Important places

Santa Martina, USA (fictional place)

Important events

Related movies

Epigraph

Dedication

This book is dedicated to Becky Bendele, Caradith Craven, Roberta Hough, and Kate Schoedinger, who make me realize I've been rich all along.

First words

After two years of sneaking up the fire escape and stealing down a hallway of old people's apartments to get to my grandmother's, you'd think I'd have it down.

Quotations

Last words

(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)

Disambiguation notice

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

Original language

English

Canonical DDC/MDS

Canonical LCC

▾References

References to this work on external resources.