The Dani Trap

by Elizabeth Levy

Shortly after sixteen-year-old Dani volunteers to work undercover in a police investigation of illegal liquor sales to teenagers, she finds herself being framed as a accomplice in a liquor store holdup.

138 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Elizabeth Levy has been writing and publishing books for over thirty years and sometimes now she meets kids whose parents read her books when they were children! She has written over 80 books, a number that continues to surprise her, as it surprises her how long she's been at it.

Over the years they've printed lots of her books - over five million of them.

She loves to try writing different types of books - everything from funny mysteries to novels about kids who get in trouble to history.

One of the most pleasant surprises about writing is that she's been invited to travel all over the country and even the world speaking to children, teachers, and librarians. She's made some wonderful friendships and gotten lots of ideas for her books. One of the most special treats is that kids have drawn wonderful pictures of one of her favorite characters, Fletcher.

She grew up in Buffalo, New York, then went to Brown University, where she majored in history. When she graduated, she came to New York City and worked for ABC-TV and then for Senator Robert Kennedy. She has lived in New York ever since, and she loves it. She knows all the best places for salami, she has run four marathons, and she has completed many 5-borough bike tours, so she thinks she really knows this place well.

At certain times of the year, she can be found out at Shea Stadium watching her team, the New York Mets. She has always loved baseball.

Mostly she enjoys hanging out with her friends. They spend lots of time going to movies or plays, playing sports, having meals together.

When she's alone and not writing, she is usually reading. She reads mysteries a lot, always has, which is probably why many of her books are mysteries.

Reviews

[Iris Fotkatziki · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book was pretty good for a book that you can find in a school library. I expect it to be boring and not entertaining at all but it surprised me how "attention grabbing" it was. I would want to read more about how Michael and Dani's relationship is going and how that date went tho. Some of the sentences were grammatically incorrect but it was nothing big. As a reader that English isn't my first or second language i found reading this book pretty easy.

[Brittany · Rating 2 out of 5]

A young girl named Dani is recruited to work as a under cover agent for the local police force trying to bust any local alchole stores that might be selling to under age kids. Dani's boyfriend is a underage drinker who get beer from his cousins wine srore. One day while doing a normal steak-out at a store a robbery happens while Dani's inside. Dani's framed for planning to robbery, so her and her friends set out on an adventure to try to solve the mystery of who framed Dani.