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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
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.
Grams told me my binoculars were going to get me into trouble. I just didn't believe her. Sammy Keyes isn't looking for trouble when she trains her binoculars on the Heavenly Hotel across the street. So...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
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.
What does Frankenstein have that a skeleton wants? Sounds like a bad Halloween joke. But Sammy Keyes isn't laughing. She's the one who collided with the skeleton while he was making his getaway. And she's the one who discovered Frankenstein tied to a chair with his head twisted around....
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfred Knopf
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
After a dog she is watching disappears from a city parade and the owner receives a ransom note, thirteen-year-old Sammy must use her detective skills to solve the mystery.
Author
Series
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
Sammy continues to make life with her grandmother interesting as she tries to discover who is stealing from St. Mary's church, befriends a homeless girl, and plays in a softball tournament against a bitter rival.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
While celebrating the New Year with a friend, Sammy encounters a mystery involving an elderly neighbor, a pioneer cabin, and a century-old family feud.
Moustache Mary: legend, curse, killer, or savior? 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...
Author
Series
Sammy Keyes mysteries volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Sammy finds herself with an abandoned baby on her hands, she sets out to find the young mother, who may belong to a gang, and accidentally jeopardizes her position on the softball team.
"I should have known better..." Sammy Keyes says this a lot. But when she sees something suspicious or meets someone in trouble, she just can't help herself. She has to act. So, okay, the police have had to intervene on a couple occasions,...
Author
Series
Sammy Keyes mysteries volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grade sleuth Sammy Keyes investigates mysterious happenings at a local art gallery.
Marissa says I'm a magnet for mayhem. And I have to admit she's right. I mean, how can you go someplace as boring as an art gallery and wind up attacking someone? The artsy crowd thinks Sammy Keyes has a lot of nerve, showing up at a fancy reception in high-tops. But when she tackles a robber who's brandishing a gun with one hand and pulling paintings from...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
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.