| Booktalk
#1
You've got your binoculars
focused on the windows of the hotel across the street. Suddenly,
you notice a man wearing gloves rummaging through a purse. Sammy Keyes,
soon to be in seventh grade and an amateur sleuth, can't help but investigate
this unnerving sight. Her curiosity leads her into the sleazy Heavenly
Hotel, a dangerous place even for adults. Will clever Sammy Keyes foil
this diabolical thief? This suspenseful mystery is guaranteed to
stump you. (Jeannie Bellavance bellavance@erols.com.
for
Pennsylvania
Young Reader's Choice Awards)
Booktalk #2
Sammy
Keyes witnesses someone take money out of a purse on the fourth floor of
the Heavenly Hotel. That same day her friend Marissa came to her door and
said that she lost her little brother in the mall and she needed help finding
him. So Sammy went with her to look for her brother. they find him eating
a candy bars and watching the fish. the day after that was the first day
of school and Samantha got suspended for punching a new girl in her seventh
grade class. The she couldnt go to school she went on top of the mall with
her binoculars so she could get a look around. After that she goes home
and in no time school let out. Sammy's friend came over and wanted to go
into the hotel and so they did when Sammy wasnt aloud around there. but
she dose it anyway. so they go and find a napkin holding the door open.
they where on their way to the police office when the saw a cop infront
of the hotel. So they take it to him and the cop didnt belive them. find
out what happens by reading the book. It a good book to read and very interesting.
(Tyler E. Comfort, student, Mansfield High School) |
