Publication

1998 - Knopf, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

42,000 words, Guess

Page Count

168 pages

Identifiers

and 7 more
  • ISBN-100679988394
  • ISBN-139780679888390
  • ISBN-139780679988397
  • Goodreads1421760', '3767334
  • Library of Congress Control Number97040776
  • Library of Congress Control Number97046500
  • Open LibraryOL693515M

Classifications

  • DDC[Fic]
  • LCCPZ7.D779 Sam 1998
  • LCCPZ7.D2857 Sag 1998
and 1 more
  • LCCPZ7.V2857 Saqm 1998

Description

With this debut book of a new mystery series, Wendelin Van Draanen establishes Samantha Keyes as a crime fighter to watch. Though, actually, the book opens with Sammy watching...a crime in progress. And when the man with the wad of cash in one hand and the open purse in the other catches Sammy watching him, the chase is on--but is Sammy on the trail of the thief, or is he on hers? If the police don't believe Sammy's story about a thief with black gloves, black glasses, and a black beard, she isn't too surprised. Vice principal Caan didn't exactly believe her either when she explained that she couldn't possibly have broken Heather's nose. Well, Sammy's not putting up with this. Does she look like a liar? She knows what she saw and how hard she can hit. And somehow she's going to prove it. From the Hardcover Library Binding edition.

Description

Thirteen-year-old Sammy's penchant for speaking her mind gets her in trouble when she involves herself in the investigation of a robbery at the "seedy" hotel across the street from the seniors' building where she is living with her grandmother.

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Other Editions

  • Sammy Keyes and the hotel thiefKnopf1998-01-01

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