Sammy Keyes

Sammy Keyes

The hardcover edition of the first book.
Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief Sammy Keyes and the Skeleton Man Sammy Keyes and the Sisters of Mercy Sammy Keyes and the Runaway Elf Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Mustache Mary Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood Mummy Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyes Sammy Keyes and the Art of Deception Sammy Keyes and the Psycho Kitty Queen Sammy Keyes and the Dead Giveaway Sammy Keyes and the Wild Things Sammy Keyes and the Cold Hard Cash Sammy Keyes and the Wedding Crasher Sammy Keyes and the Night of Skulls Sammy Keyes and the Power of Justice Jack Sammy Keyes and the Showdown In Sin City Sammy Keyes and the Killer Cruise Sammy Keyes and the Kiss Goodbye
Author	Wendelin Van Draanen
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Mystery Comedy Young adult
Publisher	Random House
Published	1997-2014
Media type	Print

Sammy Keyes is a series of mystery novels written by Wendelin Van Draanen for children aged 12–16. The series focuses on Sammy's adventures as an amateur sleuth. The books, which are narrated in the first-person perspective by Sammy, involve detective fiction as well as comedy. Sammy begins her adventures in the first book as a seventh-grader, and the series will end when she completes the eighth grade. Eighteen books are planned for the series.

Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief won the 1998 Edgar Award for Best Children's Mystery. The series has been nominated for the award five times. The nominated books are Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Moustache Mary, Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake-Eyes, Sammy Keyes and the Art of Deception and Sammy Keyes and the Wild Things Also Sammy Keyes and the Sisters of Mercy won the 1999 Edgar Award for Best Children's Mystery.

The Sammy Keyes novels are based in the fictional town of Santa Martina, which is located in California. Santa Martina is closely based on the real city of Santa Maria, California, down to names of streets used throughout the series, and well known landmarks. Other fictional cities frequently mentioned are Santa Luisa (San Luis Obispo), and Sisquane (Sisquoc). The city of Pomloc is also mentioned once, a reference to the city of Lompoc. All of these places are located near to the real city of Santa Maria. Sammy is an unofficial teenage detective who solves mysteries while also dealing with her personal friend life, family life, and relationship life.

Sammy Keyes also has lots of problems. On Sammy’s first day of school she gets confused about where to go so she ask’s a girl named Heather Acosta .When Heather replied she yelled at her and walked away like was a princess. At lunch Heather sits with Sammy and her friend Marissa and Heather asks Marissa for money and Sammy said no for Marissa and Heather stuck pin in Sammy’s but and walked away. Once Sammy got the pin out of her but she walked over to heather and punched her nose, and it started to gush blood. Sammy got suspended for doing that.