Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief (#1)

by Wendelin Van Draanen

Paperback, 2003

Status

Available

Call number

FIC Van Draanen

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.

Publication

Yearling (2003), 176 pages

Awards

Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 2003)
Edgar Award (Nominee — Juvenile — 1999)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Children's Fiction — 2001)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2001)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2001)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee — Middle School — 2001)

Language

ISBN

9780375890444

Barcode

3771
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