Wendelin Van DraanenSammy Keyes and the Skeleton Man

This book really keeps you guessing! Unlike most children's mysteries where you figure out the end pretty quickly, it's hard to tell whodunit till the last chapter.

This is the second in the series, but the first Sammy Keyes novel I read. I laughed so hard I had to buy the entire series for myself and another set for my neice.

Loved it. Couldn't put it down all day,Sammy KEYES is a smart, and clever girlWho will have u reading for a week straight.

Great book. Great for kids to get them more engaged in reading. My daughter lives it. Recommend for all kids to read.

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Fun series for eight-year-olds to 11 year olds

Another kids' book worth reading by adults, this book has a very surprising story line, with drama, mystery, insight, fear, courage, intelligence, and humor all coming into play. I guess you wouldn't be surprised if you have read any of the series about Sammy (a great role model for girls), a middle school girl who just can't keep her mind and actions from doing something dangerous that turns out to be a good choice (she wasn't going to do something scary, but her legs just took her there), but this was my first Sammy Keyes book. I'm a grandmother who greatly enjoyed it, and I will probably read more of them.

Sammy Keyes, a middle-schooler who lives with her grandmother in a mythical California town while her mother tries to make it as an actress in Hollywood, is a somewhat updated version of the Nancy Drew-girl sleuth tradition. Like other girl amateur detectives, she manages to solve crimes by being smarter than the police while at the same time coping with situations of middle school angst. In this volume, one of the popular girls goes around school saying that Sammy is making harassing phone calls to a popular boy; Sammy has to prove that she's not the one making these calls and also solve a Halloween mystery, in which the owner of the creepy "Bush House" is tied up and robbed by a man dressed up as a skeleton. This popular series, which has won one Edgar award and been nominated three other times, is perfect for girls looking for something a bit more contemporary than Nancy Drew. The author manages to capture an authentic voice for this character, whose stories are told in the first person; Sammy is a girl most readers would like to "hang out with." The series is suitable for either upper elementary school age or middle school students.

中学生のサミー・キースが活躍するシリーズ２作目です。サミーと二人の友達は、ハロウィンの夜にブッシュハウスと呼ばれる変人の住む家に行って、ドアをたたいて帰るつもりだった。途中で、がい骨の変装をした男に出会い、家のドアを開けたら床が燃えていて、大急ぎで火を消したら、今度は男がイスに縛られていた。警察を呼んだら前作で出てきた意地悪な刑事が再び登場。悪質なイタズラをする女生徒に対しても時間をかけて、しっかりお返しをします。前作の顔面パンチほどではありませんが、とにかく痛快です。読み出したら途中で止められない１７０ページでした。