| Sammy Keyes and the Wild Things Contributor(s): Van Draanen, Wendelin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0440421128 ISBN-13: 9780440421122 Publisher: Yearling Books OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2008 Annotation: THIS IS NOT the summer camping trip of Sammy's dreams. She imagined shade, streams, a deer or two. But she winds up in a phony forest with scrubby shrubs, blazing sun, rattlesnakes, and scorpions. Her fellow campers are desperate to catch a rare glimpse of an endangered condor in the wild. Sammy's seen enough--that bird is ugly! But when she and two other girls find an "injured "condor, Sammy's intrigued. The girls stray away from their group to track down a clue, but instead stumble onto two classmates and wind up lost. Which leaves three girls and two boys in the middle of a canyon with one tent and six billion biting flies. Oh--and an armed and dangerous high-stakes poacher. S'mores, anyone? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Camping & Outdoor Activities |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 670 |
| Series: Sammy Keyes (Quality) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.1" W x 7.6" (0.60 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 115049 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 10.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With desperate poachers on their trail, Sammy and her fellow campers have just been added to the endangered species list. Think a combination of Carl Hiaasen's Flush and Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum and you'll be right on target --School Library Journal This is not the summer camping trip of Sammy's dreams. Instead of shady glades and meandering streams, she gets scrubby shrubs, blazing sun, and rattlesnakes. Her fellow campers are desperate to catch a rare glimpse of an endangered condor. To Sammy, the trip feels like the painful in pursuit of the unspeakably ugly. But when she and two other girls find an injured condor, Sammy's intrigued at last. As they track down a clue, they stumble onto two classmates and promptly get lost. Which leaves three girls and two boys in a canyon with one tent a sick condor and six billion biting flies. Oh--and an armed and dangerous highstakes poacher. |