Sammy Keyes mysteries

Author:
Van Draanen, Wendelin
 
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Book cover for "Sammy Keyes and the hotel thief".
Series Volume:
1.
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.
Book cover for "Sammy Keyes and the skeleton man".
Series Volume:
2.
Description:
On Halloween night, seventh grader Sammy stumbles onto a mystery involving a twenty-year-old family feud and some heirlooms stolen by a man in a skeleton costume.
Book cover for "Sammy Keyes and the Sisters of Mercy".
Series Volume:
3.
Description:
Sometimes it's hard to tell the saints from the sinners...
Sammy was supposed to be in church to get out of trouble, not into more. But while she's at St. Mary's working off some school detention time, a valuable cross goes missing and Sammy becomes the prime suspect. 
She knows she's innocent, and also what it feels like to lose something important. Her treasured catcher's mitt has been stolen—heartless Heather...
Book cover for "Sammy Keyes and the Runaway Elf".
Series Volume:
4.
Description:
“The hottest sleuth to appear in children’s books since Nancy Drew” (The Boston Globe) is back! Don’t miss the fourth book in the series that’s been described as “a combination of Carl Hiaasen’s Flush and Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum books” (School Library Journal) and hailed as “nonstop whodunits” (Kirkus Reviews)!
 
The...
Book cover for "Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Moustache Mary".
Series Volume:
5.
Description:
"The most winning junior detective ever in teen lit. (Take that, Nancy Drew!)" —Midwest Children's Book Review
When Sammy and her friends meet Lucinda Huntley walking her 200-pound pig down the middle of the road, their quiet weekend in the country quickly becomes an adventure. Lucinda tells them a true tale of the Wild West, her great-grandma Moustache Mary, and a century-old family feud.
But this feud is hardly...
Book cover for "Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood mummy".
Series Volume:
6.
Description:
A Hollywood actress, who had been competing with Sammy's mother for an important role, is murdered, but thirteen-year-old Sammy and her friend Marissa are on the case.
Book cover for "Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyes".
Series Volume:
7.
Description:
"The most winning junior detective ever in teen lit. (Take that, Nancy Drew!)" —Midwest Children's Book Review

Sammy's softball team is in contention for the Junior Slugger's Cup, and all she wants to do is hunker down behind the home plate and catch strikes. But Heather Acosta brings new meaning to the term "foul ball" as she schemes to get Sammy kicked off the team.
Then Sammy is thrown a wild pitch...
Book cover for "Sammy Keyes and the art of deception".
Series Volume:
8.
Description:
Seventh-grade sleuth Sammy Keyes investigates mysterious happenings at a local art gallery.
Book cover for "Sammy Keyes and the psycho Kitty Queen".
Series Volume:
9.
Description:
When cats begin to mysteriously disappear in Santa Martina, thirteen-year-old friends Sammy and Holly start snooping around town to find out what is happening.
Book cover for "Sammy Keyes and the dead giveaway".
Series Volume:
10.
Description:
While investigating why someone is trying to force people from their homes to expand a recreation center, Sammy is distracted by the lies she must tell to cover an accident she caused, but which was blamed on her nemesis, Heather.
Book cover for "Sammy Keyes and the wild things".
Series Volume:
11.
Description:
While on her first hiking and camping trip, thirteen-year-old Sammy tries to solve a mystery involving endangered condors while avoiding scorpions, ticks, and embarrassment.
Book cover for "Sammy Keyes and the cold hard cash".
Series Volume:
12.
Description:
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.
Book cover for "Sammy Keyes and the wedding crasher".
Series Volume:
13.
Description:
When her history teacher begins receiving death threats and her own name is near the top of the suspect list, eighth-grader Sammy is determined to find the real perpetrator, but she is distracted by her mother's relationship problems, her almost-boyfriend inexplicably avoiding her, and her duties as a reluctant bridesmaid.
Book cover for "Sammy Keyes and the night of skulls".
Series Volume:
14.
Description:
Junior high detective Sammy Keyes and her friends take a detour through a graveyard on Halloween night and find themselves in the middle of a mystery involving missing people, human skulls, and a ghoulish embalmer, while school presents its own set of tricks and treats.
Book cover for "Sammy Keyes and the power of Justice Jack".
Series Volume:
15.
Description:
When Justice Jack, a self-appointed superhero, begins trying to track down the missing Mrs. Wedgewod and some stolen cash, the older folks in Santa Martina are delighted but Sammy knows it will be up to her to really solve the mystery.
Book cover for "Sammy Keyes and the Showdown in Sin City".
Series Volume:
16.
Description:
"The most winning junior detective ever in teen lit. (Take that, Nancy Drew!)" —Midwest Children's Book Review
In this pivotal book in the Sammy Keyes series, Sammy tackles the persistent mysteries of her own life. Mysteries like: Who is her father? And why has her mother kept it such a secret? How long can she manage to hide out in Grams' seniors-only building before someone catches on? Is her mother really planning...
Book cover for "Sammy Keyes and the killer cruise".
Series Volume:
17.
Description:
"Teen sleuth Sammy Keyes solves a classic locked-room mystery aboard a cruise ship"--Provided by publisher.
Book cover for "Sammy Keyes and the kiss goodbye".
Series Volume:
18.
Description:
"Sammy Keyes has spent the last few years solving other people's mysteries; now her friends (and some foes) come together to unmask the fiend who has put Sammy in a coma"--