Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyes (Unabridged) (Audio Download)

by Wendelin Van Draanen (Author)

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Amazon.com Review
Not normally a mall rat, young Sammy Keyes somehow finds herself at the video arcade with her best friend one day, blowing off steam before the big junior-high softball tournament. Naturally, fans of this plucky girl detective (Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood Mummy, Sammy Keyes and the Sisters of Mercy, etc.) will not be at all surprised to learn that this innocent outing winds up putting Sammy in the middle of another big, messy, dangerous mystery. In spite of her best intentions, our sleuth is soon exploring the seamy underbelly of her hometown, confronting gang members, pursuing a man with "hatred for eyes, steel for a mouth," and trying to take care of an abandoned infant--all while remaining undercover at her grandmother's adults-only apartment complex. Newcomers and veterans of the Sammy Keyes mystery series will immediately take to this not-so-hard-boiled seventh-grade detective and her funny yet issue-laden adventures. (Ages 10 and older) --Emilie Coulter --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Publishers Weekly
The intrepid detective lays her life on the line when she hunts down her latest suspect, a reptilian-looking fellow, in Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyes, the seventh in the series by Wendelin Van Draanen.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Detective Series - Scariest Mystery Yet!, October 19, 2002

By	Marla Jo Friedman (Somers, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyes (Hardcover)

I read this book to my 3 sons, ages 13, 10, and 8. There were times they were all scared and times they didn't want me to stop reading to them because they had to know what happened next. What more could you ask for in a book? This mystery was dedicated to all people who fight terrorists, both big and small. It was written with 9/11 in mind, and, in my opinion, it is a tribute to all the heroes of 9/11. Sammy's inability to understand why any teenager would want to get mixed up in a gang offers the reader constant reminders on how bad gangs can be and how, once you're in, it's almost impossible to get out. In my opinion, this book should replace the novel called the Outsiders (about gang warfare written in the 60's) from middle school reading lists. It is a fresh, more modern view on the subject and better written). My boys and I have read every book in this series and can't wait until the next one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesame book!, October 11, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyes (Paperback)

This was the first Sammy book that I read and I really enjoyed it. It's very exciting and is a real pageturner. It has you guessing until the end and is written very well. The characters are also very likable, especially Sammy, who stands up for herself to the popular kids.

Sammy is at the mall with her best friend Marissa when some stranger gives her a bag with a baby, because some scary guy is after her, "Snake Eyes" as Sammy calls him. Sammy has to sneak in to her Grams' apartment with the baby which is very hard to do. Then the girl disappears and Sammy is sure that Snake Eyes has something to do with it. Sammy is very brave and solves the mystery with help from her friends even though she often has softball practice because of the Junior Sluggers Cup. She also gets herself in very dagerous situatins but always manages to get herself out of them. Marissa and Sammy get also blamed on that they sprayed mean stuff on another school which is heathers's fault who made it look as if it were them when it really wasn't. I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking for an exciting book.

Wendelin van Draanen is a very good writer and I loved all the Sammy books that I have read yet. The books keep you coming back for more and I got some new ones and am very excited to read them. I hope they are as good as the other Sammy books! This book is very excitng, has a good plot and you never know the end. I give it five stars since this book is excellent. The series is one of my favorites and is very good. So I strongly recommend it to you and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars sammy keyes-a ten year old, April 8, 2004

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyes (Library Binding)

the book Sammy Keyes and the search for snake eyes is a really good book. Its about a daring girl named Sammy and her friend marrissa. They defeat all kinds of villains and enemys handle a baby and at the same time are going to school juggling homework and with all that they still have soft ball practice!!this book is action packed from begging till end !! over all I would give this book 5 stars