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Sammy Keyes And The Psycho Kitty Queen (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Sammy Keyes (Pb))

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This book is written very well and the end is, as always pretty surprising. Now to the story...Sammy's life is a disaster: She lives in her Grams' apartment which is only for seniors, so she always has to sneak up the fire escape. Her mom left her for a career in Hollywood and then suddenly she shows up on Sammy's birthday. She came to tell Sammy that she isn't turning fourteen, she's turning 13 because her mom had made a fake birth certificate. Sammy is really upset but then she and her friend Holly find dead cats all over town in garbage cans and they start solving the mystery. At a new wrestling school, Slammin' Dave's,(where Sammy also learns some nice wrestling moves) there's a wrestler, El Gato who looks very scary since he always has a cat mask and costume on and never takes it off, so Sammy and Holly become very suspicious. In the end El Gato turns out to be someone totally different than they would have thougt. How they solve the mystery and find out who the cat killer was, will grab you and make you want to keep reading and reading. I really enjoyed the book and read it in only two days and I recommend it to anyone who likes mysteries. The characters are described good and likable except for Heather and her friends,Sammy enemies. The book is also a real page-turner and i would recommend the other Sammy Keyes books as well. I hope this review helped and that you enjoy the book as much as I did.

This book is so amazing. I read it in one day. I am a fan of sammy keyes. This book is not only funny but has an amazing climax and a huge HUGE twist. As always Van Draanan has mad this witty 13 year old (or should i say 14 year) come off the page. You really get into the mind of her and it is very interesenting. Read this book it is amazing and deservres to be read.

I loved this book because it was humorous, only 5 percent romantic(unlike other soppy books), was interesting, and the main character had a cool perspective of looking at things.

If you have not already read this book, DO IT!!!!

NOT KIDDING HERE!!!

Thank you for reading my review of this awesome book.

Wow, I am amazed every time a new Sammy Keyes book comes out. Each one is better than the one before it. In this book, not only is it bad enough to be the "lucky" number 13, but Sammy has to tolerate a visit from Lady Lana (her mom) on top of evil Heather's jealous rages.

In this book, Sammy finds a dead cat on her birthday and, because she IS Sammy, she can't just let it go. She HAS to find out where that dead cat came from. Why was it in the dumpster? Who had killed it? The answers to those questions almost cost Sammy her life. This book, like the others in the series, was hard to put down once I started it. I tend to read Sammy Keyes books in a day, starting in the morning and ending in the evening when I am finished. :) This book was no exception and is DEFINTELY worth the price.

ALL mystery fans will love Sammy. It's funny though, as a fan of mystery books, I am always surprised at how the Sammy Keyes books end.....when I read mysteries from other authors (Mary Higgins Clark, Sue Grafton, etc.) I can usually figure out the exact ending after about a hundred pages and am never surprised. Not so with Sammy Keyes. This book has been the highlight of my summer reading so far. It definitely should not be missed!

I've been reading Sammy Keyes since the 4th grade, and every time I pick up a new one I think to myself that it won't be as good as the last. Yet every time I am oh-so-wrong as they just keep getting better. In the 9th installment to this awesome mystery series Sammy is turning 14. But when her mother unexpectedly shows up with a lot of explaining to do it looks like Sammy might be 13 for another year. As if things couldn't go worse, a women who calls herself "Mrs. Kitty" shows up with a complaint that Sammy's friend's old dog has killed her cat. Sensing something funny, the sleuth begins to search around the gritty side of town. And what does she find? Cats that have died a creepy death in dumpsters around Santa Martina. At least something is good - Sammy has discovered a new talent for wrestling, and with the new Slammin' Dave's Pro Wrestling School around the corner, she is taking out her anger on the matt. But school issues with the queen bee, Heather Acosta and a romance with her twin brother might just cause Sammy to go over the top.

Wendelin Van Draanen has done a brilliant job of bringing out the realistic voice of a young teen in this entertaining book. Anyone who want s a good mystery and is looking for something other than the beloved Nancy Drew should definitely pick this up. Or if you're just looking for a quick read that will send shivers up your spine and belly-laughs through your stomach, this will be perfect for you. Go Sammy!

Sammy's at it again. And this time, cats are involved. She and Holly have been finding strange-looking dead cats in dumpsters around town, and even for this town, that's not normal. Meanwhile, Sammy makes two horrible discoveries about herself involving her birthday, and one has to do with archenemy Heather Acosta. But sparks continue to fly between Sammy and Heather's nice-boy brother, Casey. Go with Sammy through this book as she struggles to figure out what sinister thing is going on with the cats of Santa Martina, as well as with Heather Acosta, the ultimate catty girl.

It took me longer than usual to get into this Sammy book, which was a little disappointing. But about 2/3 of the way through, Van Draanen finally "had me." The ending went fast and fantastically. She had me guessing at the answer to the mystery much longer than usual, but maybe that was because it's been awhile since my last dose of Sammy! (Too long!) It's a good one!

IT'S AWESOME! Sammy Keyes is showing her stuff again in her new funny adventure. Sammy is facing some new problems: dealing with dead cats; her mother; a psycho Miss Kitty; wrestling; a certain guy named Casey; arch-enemy Heather; and her lovely birthday. All of these things somehow fit into Sammy's schedule, but she'll pull through! THis is a great read, and I recommend it to any age that loves a humorous teenage mystery!

If you haven't read this book, or if you ignore this review, READ IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This series is awesome!! In this book, Sammy's mothe rfinds out she is not turning 14 for her b-day, but actually 13! (how devastating!) A *psycho* lady from town blames Sammy for the death of a few of her psycho cats, Sammy and Holly keep spying on a new wrestling place in town, plus she has to endure Heather....

This is the Dad typing the dauhgters' dictated review:

Emma: The last three in this series were the best.

Sophie: These books are really fun to read together.

Emma: We liked it a lot.

Sophie: Sammy is a really interesting person. It's fun to read.

Sammy Keyes and the Psycho Kitty Queen was written by Wendlin Van Draanen. It all started when Sammy found a dead cat in the dumpster. She thought a lot about the cats after she found another one in the garbage. After her own cat went missing, Sammy had to see what was going on.

This book was exciting and suspenseful because of all the action. I liked the ending because the problem was solved. Sometimes I find myself a lot like Sammy and I can picture myself as her in the book. The main problem was very unique, weird, and interesting because the author used dead cats. The characters seemed very real to me because the whole book was realistic fiction.

Wendling Van Draanen uses a deep voice throughout the book. Very few of the words she used were unknown to me. It was interesting that every time I came to an unusual word she described it. Unlike other authors, Wendling ended every chapter in a suspenseful way. I think she has a lot of creativity to come up with this great book.

Out of all the books I've read, this one is one of my favorites. I liked it because between the rising action there are many problems. Every time Sammy solved a problem, I thought the book was going to be over. I recommend this book because it's suspenseful, thrilling, and funny.

Sammy Keyes and the Psycho Kitty Queen might be a little weird at the beginning. You'll want to stop reading because a couple of cats died and there's a weird wrestler that doesn't take off his cat suit. There's a reason to all that, and you need to find out.