Sammy Keyes and the Kiss Goodbye
Sammy Keyes and the Kiss Goodbye
Sammy Keyes and the Kiss Goodbye
Wendelin Van Draanen
The final mystery starring Sammy Keyes: “the most winning junior detective ever in teen lit. (Take that, Nancy Drew!)” —Midwest Children’s Book Review   Sammy doesn’t go looking for trouble, but she seems to find it everywhere. She’s forever sniffing out clues and chasing down bad guys—and driving her friends a little nuts. She’s gone up against thieves and counterfeiters and gangsters and blackmailers and murderers, and always stayed one step ahead.   Until now.   Last night, one of the bad guys caught up.   Last night, someone followed Sammy up the fire escape and pushed her from the third story.   Now she’s in the hospital, out cold. And her friends are left with the questions Sammy’s always been so good at answering: Why? How? But most of all . . . WHO?   In this emotional conclusion to her beloved long-running series, Wendelin Van Draanen shows just how many lives one nosy girl can touch and pays tribute to a life well sleuthed.   Praise for Sammy Keyes: “If Kinsey Millhone ever hires a junior partner, Sammy Keyes will be the first candidate on the list. She’s feisty, fearless, and funny. A top-notch investigator!” —Sue Grafton   “Sammy’s brave, resourceful, observant and a loyal friend, but this girl sleuth is no well-mannered Nancy Drew. She’s endearingly hot-tempered, nosy, and not always obedient—in short, she’s someone I want to read about again.” —Margaret Maron

Book Details

Genre: 

  • Adventure
  • Fiction
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Mystery

Age Level: 

  • 8 - 12
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In the mysterious narrative Sammy Keyes and the Kiss Good-Bye, penned by Wendelin Van Draanen, Sammy Keyes finds herself in a coma due to the fact that she was propelled off of the third story of a fire escape. Sammy, also known as a crime fighting hero, has a history of going up against delinquents. Except this time one of the many people she has defeated is seeking revenge. While Sammy is in a coma her relatives, loved ones, and friends will do what they must to solve this mystery. As time elapses, somebody tries to bring Sammy’s existence to an end.

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