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__Sammy Keyes and the Dead Giveaway__, by Wendelin Van Drannen ISBN: 0-375-82350-6 ©2005 277 pages p. 1 (prologue) pp. 14-15 when Sammy is trying to catch the bird in the classroom
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Sammy Keyes is not up to her usual nosing around in this book....rather, it’s quite the opposite. She’s done something that she doesn’t want anyone to know, yet, she doesn’t know how to get out of it. While all that is happening at school, she is dealing with an older lady on the side as well. Her grandmother talked Sammy into walking this ladies dog until her foot got better. While walking “Captain Patch,” Sammy discovers that there are a lot of secrets lingering in Mrs. Williwago’s neighborhood, and as much as she tries her best to stay out of them, it becomes increasingly more difficult with each day as more and more things start happening. Can she keep her nose out of it, or will she end up right in the middle of everything again as usual? YA fiction; Mystery series: Sammy Keyes; secrets; eminent domain; school; detective stories
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