Sammy Keyes and the Runaway Elf

Sammy Keyes and the Runaway ElfBy: Wendelin Van Draanen Series: Sammy Keyes "The most winning junior detective ever in teen lit. (Take that, Nancy Drew!)" Midwest Children's Book Review The Christmas parade gets furry in a hurry when three pranksters dressed as wise men toss some cats onto Sammy's float. Dogs shoot off in all directions, and the prize Pomeranian Sammy's supposed to be watching disappears. Turns out the darn fuzzball's been kidnapped. The owner is demanding that

while Jenna is adapting to life as the Princess and enjoying the freedom of the Castle

Blair once again dodges a bullet

her new spotlight captures the attention of her terrible ex-husband

Informed by brilliant research

walled off in an unfinished attic bedroom

The Indian sapper Kip searches for hidden bombs in a landscape where nothing is safe but himself

from the largest scale down to the very

son of Stan and Jan Berenstain

We are now living in an age of merchants

Blindside—“Twisted villains…[and] intriguing escapism” (Lansing [MI] State Journal) lure readers into a case that pits Sherlock and Savich against a charismatic evangelist and his wife

“Jen Mann has an amazing way of telling stories that will make you cringe and burst out laughing at the same time

anxiety about his crush