Wendelin Van Draanen [FreePaidBooks Online]

English | ePUB | 41.92 MiB | Books: 18





The Author



Wendelin Van Draanen has written more than thirty novels for young readers and teens. She is the author of the 18-book Edgar-winning Sammy Keyes series, and wrote Flipped which was named a Top 100 Children’s Novel for the 21st Century by SLJ, and became a Warner Brothers feature film with Rob Reiner directing. Her novel The Running Dream was awarded ALA’s Schneider Family Award for its portrayal of the disability experience.



Van Draanen is also the author of two short chapter-book series. The Gecko & Sticky books, are fun read-alouds, perfect for reluctant readers, and the Shredderman books—featuring a boy who deals with a bully—received the Christopher Award for “affirming the highest values of the human spirit” and became a Nickelodeon made-for-TV movie.



Van Draanen was a classroom teacher for fifteen years. She and her husband reside in California and have two sons.



The Books



Juvenile Fiction, Mysteries & Detective Stories, Humorous Stories, Action & Adventure, General



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.



The books in suggested reading order:

Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief

Sammy Keyes and the Skeleton Man

Sammy Keyes and the Sisters of Mercy

Sammy Keyes and the Runaway Elf

Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Moustache Mary

Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood Mummy

Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyes

Sammy Keyes and the Art of Deception

Sammy Keyes and the Psycho Kitty Queen

Sammy Keyes and the Dead Giveaway

Sammy Keyes and the Wild Things

Sammy Keyes and the Cold Hard Cash

Sammy Keyes and the Wedding Crasher

Sammy Keyes and the Night of Skulls

Sammy Keyes and the Power of Justice Jack

Sammy Keyes and the Showdown in Sin City

Sammy Keyes and the Killer Cruise

Sammy Keyes and the Kiss Goodbye