Sammy Keyes and the Dead Giveaway

Written by Wendelin Van Draanen

Narrated by Tara Sands

The tenth mystery in the popular Sammy Keyes series offers more spirit and adventure than ever! Sammy accidentally makes a deadly mistake, but all clues point to her nemesis Heather, and she gets blamed. As Sammy struggles with her conscience – she should confess, but there’s a certain justice in Heather finally getting what she deserves – she gets distracted helping an ailing senior citizen in her fight against urban renewal. There’s a local council member who seems to be on both sides of the issue, and neighborhood vandalism that could be a clue to what’s really at stake. While Sammy’s trying to sort out those truths, her own haunt her, along with her feelings for Casey, Heather’s brother, who she’s agreed to attend the Farewell Dance with on a “non-date.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: Live Oak Media
• Release date: Jan 1, 2006
• ISBN: 9781595199713

Wendelin Van Draanen

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—often called “The new Nancy Drew”—and wrote Flipped, which was named a Top 100 Children’s Novel for the 21st Century by School Library Journal and became a Warner Brothers feature film, with Rob Reiner directing. A classroom teacher for fifteen years, Wendelin resides in California where she can be spotted riding shopping carts across parking lots. She and her husband, Mark Parsons, have two sons and enjoy the three R’s: Reading, Running, and Rock’n’Roll.

Reviews for Sammy Keyes and the Dead Giveaway

[mutantpudding · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I just wanna give Sammy a hug in this one

[bksgoddess · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Enjoyable middle grade series. Sammy is a delightful character!

[kejinglu · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Samantha Keyes, or Sammy Keyes, is dying to tell her accident with poor Mrs. Ambler. An accident that is now hitting on the lying cheat Heather! Sammy accidently slammed the door on poor Tango, Mrs. Ambler's bird, and was ready to hide him somewhere when silly Heather Acosta went into the room and switched some important ballots in favor of her for the Class President! When the honesty of Sammy is threatened, she is mixed up in moods whether she should tell Mrs. Ambler that SHE was the one who killed Tango, not Heather, but how? If she was going to tell her that she was the murder of Tango, will she face certain consequences? Will Mrs. Ambler believe that Heather has been changing the votes to make her "Most Popular", "Most Friendly", and "Most Unique Styled"? Or will Heather go in for the worst, and be suspended?While solving her own problems, she considers her friendly neighbors that say that Carolee Lyons wants to sell their houses, that they rightfully bought, and turn it into their own property. Do they really mean what they say? Or, are some of them actually involved in the scheme, and just want to frame someone? Will Sammy solve this confusing mystery? Or, will she fall into a pit of lies, cheats, and not be able to solve the mystery? Read the Sammy and the Dead Giveaway to find out the details and events that Sammy goes through to try and solve his memory!