Items related to Sammy Keyes and the Wild Things (1 Paperback/6 CD Set)
Synopsis
In the eleventh book in the always exciting series, Sammy Keyes finds herself in the wilderness helping eco-friendly Girl Scouts save the endangered condor. Leaving behind the city life of her grandma's senior complex and shopping malls, Sammy encounters scorpions, poison oak and biting flies, along with clues that help her uncover the culprit who shot the baby condor and kidnapped its mother. Once again, Sammy's story is a satisfying mix of adolescent issues and fascinating mystery that will thrill listeners.
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From AudioFile
Vacation looms for Sammy Keyes. Her friends are leaving town, and she faces a boring summer in her grandmother's apartment. Who would expect that a Girl Scout outing to monitor endangered condors would provide Sammy all the mystery, adventure, and romance she can handle? Tara Sands gives voice to an authentic middle school student, complete with sarcasm, exaggerated syllables, and elongated words. Sands deftly portrays a multifaceted teenage girl: awkward with the opposite sex, full of bravado when she competes with the other girls on the expedition, and contrite when faced with the seriousness of what might have happened. This is a fun, fast-paced mystery. A.R. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine
From School Library Journal
Grade 5–8— Tara Sands skillfully portrays adolescent angst combined with tenacious determination to set the facts straight in Wendelin Van Draanen's 11th Sammy Keyes mystery (Knopf, 2007) in which the spunky middle school detective steps out of her urban comfort zone. It is summer and all of Sammy's friends have skipped town for vacation, leaving her bored and wandering the mall for entertainment. She bumps into Cricket, an eco-conscience Girl Scout who invites her to go camping with her troop to observe endangered condors in the wild. Sammy envisions shady trees and lush forests, but encounters hot and dusty hiking trails, scrubby pines, and poison oak. Of course, that's not all she finds. Their cabin has been broken into and the girls discover a baby condor that has been shot. Sammy and her new friends are hot on the case. It's a race against time to save the bird and find the bird's mother and the culprits. While Sands does not stretch her range to provide a distinctive voice for each character, listeners will easily be able to follow the story line. One production issue of note: tracks range from 10 to 15 minutes long which can make bookmarking cumbersome. Overall, though, this is sure to be a hit with those new to the series as well as with previous fans.—Karen T. Bilton, Mary Jacobs Memorial Library, Rocky Hill, NJ END
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- PublisherLive Oak Media
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1430107332
- ISBN 13 9781430107330
- BindingPaperback
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