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Book Report

Your Name:Dominique L. Diop

Title of Book:Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief

Author:Van Draanen

Why did you choose to read this book?:I chose to read this book because i am in to mystery and solving clues.

Theme (Main Idea of the Book):The main idea of this book is about a girl who is trying to find or figure out who the hotel thief is. She also has the help of her friends and police officers

Setting (Time and Place):The place is in what seems like a very small town.

Plot (What Happens):Well in the beginning Sammy looks through her window with her binoculars and sees a man with a orange beard,and an orange mustache. But she was to scared to call the police. But then when Marissa (her best friend)and her are walking from the market they see some curuption going on outside of the Heavenly hotel. Sammy is a nosy girl so you can kind of tell that she is going over there to see what is going on. So then she went to go spill the beans and tell them what she saw.

Characters:The caracters in this story are:Sammy,Grams,Thief, Marissa,gina,Officer Borsch,Heather.

Fictional books always have main characters. Describe one main character in this book in detail. How did he/she look? What age was he/she? What was his/her personality like? What was the importance of this character to the story? Did you like this character? Why or Why not? Sammy, as i previously saidis very nosy, Sometimes rude, and a sweet girl(in some ways). She looked like a regular normal girl who has question to almost everything. Sammy is 12 yrs. old. She saw what happened so she is very important. She reminds me of me. She eminds me of me because I am nosy anytime something is going on either inside school or outside of school.

Main Events: One main event is when Sammy is at lunch and this girl named Heather is bothering Sammy. So this all started whn Sammy and Marissa are having a nice lunch and then out of nowhere there is Heather making her way torward thier table. So then she gets over there and then she is talking about Sammy and then BAM! Sammy punched Heather in her nose. You could probly guess what happened next. As all students do when hurting someone phisically they go to the principals office. And then mabey a suspencion could accur.

How did the story make you feel? This story made me feel free and to relate to some of the things that I went through.

What new things did you learn from this book? I learned that if you have seen something that is serious like this and you are to afraid to call the police.......CALL THE POLICE!!!!!! Or atleast try to find the guy and then call the police.

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? I would only recommend this book to a friend only if he/she likes mystery. Or if you just want to try something new to your reading expieriences this would a good book for everybody.

Conclusion: You can only find more information about this book ONLY if you read it!