Sammy Keyes And The Dead Giveaway (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) Book

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Thirteen-year-old Sammy Keyes has a penchant for getting involved in mysteries and for speaking her mind.

Debbie West - Children's Literature

Sammy is always getting into trouble at school, thanks to her class enemy, Heather Acosta. When Sammy accidentally kills her teacher's pet lovebird at school, she sneaks into her homeroom closet and discovers Heather performing a treacherous deed of her own. Heather is stealing ballots for the seventh grade awards so she can write in her own name and be this year's winner. Sammy wants to tell her teacher, but she will also have to confess to her own misdeed. Right now the teacher thinks Heather is guilty of killing the bird, and that is sweet revenge for Sammy. Sammy's grandmother, with whom she lives, tries to teach her to do good deeds as a Christian. So Sammy walks Mrs. Willawago's dog, Captain Patch, because her neighbor has had foot surgery. However, the big mutt loves to dig holes in Mrs. Willawago's neighbors' yards. Sammy's dog walk ends up involving more than just holes in the ground when she uncovers a conspiracy by a city councilwoman to sell abandoned property to the city for the building of a recreation center. Thanks to her efforts, though, all lies are revealed in the end and Sammy's first date with a boy is more fun than she ever dreamed possible. 2005, Alfred A. Knopf/Random House Children's Books, Ages 11 to 15.