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"...Despite the light tone of Van Draanen's writing and Tara Sands' cheerfully cherubic performance, the book deals with hard issuees - gangs, teen pregnancy, domestic abuse - and handles them with honesty." - AudioFile Magazine
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"Narrator Tara Sands establishes a girlishly pitched dramatic voice for young detective Sammy Keyes, who follows her mother and her mother's boyfriend to "Sin City" to try to keep them from eloping. Along the way, Sammy runs into an entire cast of characters... each portrayed perfectly by Sands. Both new listeners and long-time fans of Sammy Keyes will eagerly follow each twist and turn until she finally encounters her mother and learns the truth behind a secret that has been hidden for the past 13 years." AudioFile Magazine
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"...Sands' voice personifies the Sammy Keyes character, with all its adolescent love, anger, and humor...Mystery fans will enjoy..." - School Library Journal
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"The narrator uses a single voice with some varied inflections to indicate comments made by other characters...Sammy and her friends...find themselves outside the 'bush' house on Halloween. They discover an open door, a fire set on the floor, and elderly Chauncey LeBard tied to a chair inside. Was it a robbery or attempted murder by the intruder dressed in a skeleton costume?" - School Library Journal
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"Sammy is back in action in Edgar winner Van Draanen's thirteenth series title. Sands' joyful reading is so perfectly reminiscent of an adolescent that listeners will feel they are listening to Sammy read her detective journal aloud. " Booklist
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