What does Frankenstein have that a skeleton wants?
Sounds like a bad Halloween joke. But Sammy Keyes isn't laughing. She's the one who colli... read full description
Sounds like a bad Halloween joke. But Sammy Keyes isn't laughing. She's the one who colli... read full description
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Oct 25, 2011
4hallie
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Sammy Keyes is a 7th grader. She lives illegally in her Gram's (grandma's) apartment at the highrise rest home. She has two friends: Dot and Marissa.
She always has to put up with a snobby, red-headed (no offense I'm one myself), popular, girl named Heather Acosta.
Hurtful Heather decides to pull a prank on Sammy, by calling a boy named Jared and saying embarrassing things about how much she loves him, while pretending to be Sammy. Jared's girlfriend doesn't like that one bi More...
She always has to put up with a snobby, red-headed (no offense I'm one myself), popular, girl named Heather Acosta.
Hurtful Heather decides to pull a prank on Sammy, by calling a boy named Jared and saying embarrassing things about how much she loves him, while pretending to be Sammy. Jared's girlfriend doesn't like that one bi More...
May 27, 2011
Iskreads
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If you’re a mystery reader you should read the exciting book written by Wendeline Van Drannen, called Sammy Keyes and the Skeleton Man. Sammy Keyes has to solve the difficult and dangerous mystery of the bushman. She is a normal school girl who always hangs out with her friends called Marrissa and Dot. On Halloween night they stumble into the Bush man’s house; a haunted house, It is said that if someone goes and knocks on the door of the house, the Bush man will jump out and kill him. More...
Sep 15, 2009
Mark
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Sammy and her friends are only going up to the “haunted” Bush House to knock on the door as a goof. But when a man dressed in a skeleton costume runs into them as they approach the house, they quickly discover that they’ve stumbled on a crime scene. The owner of the house, the reclusive “Bush Man” has been tied up, and the carpet is on fire. But with nothing apparently missing from the house, Sammy must figure out not only who broke in, but why. Although the first book in this series, Sammy
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Feb 28, 2011
Monica
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This was a very cute book. I enjoyed the story line. My daughter read this book when she was in middle school.
The story starts out on Halloween. Sammy, Marissa and Dot are getting ready for trick or treat. Sammy's Gram thinks she is too old for dressing up. The girls decide to knock on a house that is considered scary. As the girls are on there way to the house they are run down by a man in a skeleton costume.
That is the set up for a very adventurous story. There are mor More...
The story starts out on Halloween. Sammy, Marissa and Dot are getting ready for trick or treat. Sammy's Gram thinks she is too old for dressing up. The girls decide to knock on a house that is considered scary. As the girls are on there way to the house they are run down by a man in a skeleton costume.
That is the set up for a very adventurous story. There are mor More...
Feb 02, 2009
Elizabeth.h
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trick or treat!sammy and her friends are out trick or treating.aww!a skeleton man just bump me they were just walking up to a scary house.Then the door cracks open and sammy decided to go in.Then she turns the corner and a man with a frankonstein maskis tied up to a chair then her friends scream and ran out the door.No she says stay he needs help.So her friends stay sammy is untieing the rope and.....if you want to find out what happens to sammy and her friends read Sammy Keyes and the skeleton
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Apr 08, 2011
Henry
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It's Halloween and Sammy and her friends went trick or treating. They come across a crime scene where a man in a skeleton costume robbed a person and ran. Sammy Keyes tries to solve this mystery as to who the skeleton man is.
This book is one of my favorite books about Sammy Keyes because it is more mysterious and includes more detective work. I recommend this book to anyone who likes mysteries.
This book is one of my favorite books about Sammy Keyes because it is more mysterious and includes more detective work. I recommend this book to anyone who likes mysteries.
Sep 21, 2011
Teri
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O my god I about had a heart attack when it said that "and the reason Im screaming is beacause right there sitting in the chair with his head bloody and twisted around was frankenstien". Well I didnt believe it but really just picture it. I just love the way Wendalin Van Draanen described Sammy,Marissa and Dot's reaction. I felt like it was happpening to me too. It was just a amazing book! Worood
Apr 15, 2009
Frank
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This book is kinda creepy..The book is about sammy(the main character)and her friends are out trick or treating but when they are going from house to house they find a man tied up in an empty old house.Sammy and her friends all scream and run but sammy turns back and un-ties the man.See what happens to her...
Sep 25, 2011
Sean W.
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Not quite as good as the first. Still a fun, clever kids' mystery that's more modern and less clichéd than Nancy Drew or The Hardy Boys.
Aug 01, 2010
David
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This book tugged at my emotions as Sammy helped restore property and family to the victim of robbery. Another book of great fun.
May 31, 2010
Rj
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I learned that you should pick your shoes very carefully! When someone is arguing you shouldn't butt in.
Oct 20, 2010
ConwayCountyLibrary
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(youth review) Didn't like this at all. She was more like a boy than a girl. ~Sara, 3rd grade, MIS
Dec 31, 2008
Lilly
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This is like one of those creepy things that you hear about on Halloween.
Aug 03, 2011
Shayna
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Good, but not the best. I like a good mystery, but this wasn't the best.
Jul 30, 2009
Missmath144
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Recommended for 10-13-year olds, this is an enjoyable child-detective story.
Mar 02, 2010
Jen*Jello Monster*
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great series! mysterious but funny! keep look out for sammy keyes!
Nov 08, 2011
Kaitlyn
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I love what is going on I hope Sammy finds why the skeleton did that to the bush man
