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Book Report

Your Name://Booker Vance//

Title of Book://Sammy Keyes and the Art of Deception//

Author://Wendelin Van Drannen//

Why did you choose to read this book?://This book seemed to be the type that would keep you guessing.It tells about a crime that goes unnoticed. It reminds me of the Cam Jansen series.//

Theme (Main Idea of the Book)://A bandit tries to rob an art gallery and// //is tackled by Sammy Keyes. Sammy tries to find out who the bandit was. Sammy starts to argue with everyone that an artist named Tess Winters hired the bandit.Then Sammy starts to get clues and evidence on Tess.//

Setting (Time and Place)://The month is March and the town is Santa Marina.//

Plot (What Happens)://Sammy is in art class and the art teacher asks the class to go to The Renaissance Faire and do either a report on an artist or an interview with one. So after school Sammy goes to her elderly friend, Hudson's house to tell him about the art project and he tells her to forget the Renaissance Faire. He takes Sammy to the Vault(a different art fair) with her grandmother. At first Sammy is reluctant to stay, but Hudson convinces her to. Later at the vault a bandit comes in and has a gun hanging out of his pocket.He grabs mostly Diane's paintings and Diane faints.Sammy sees that the bandit's gun is dripping and realizes that it is a water gun. So she tackles the bandit and they get the paintings back.//

Characters: //Sammy,Grams,Hudson,Diane,Tess,Jojo,and Marissa are the characters in Sammy Keyes and the Art of Deception.//

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 Keyes wore tomboy clothes and hightops. Sammy is 13 years old and she is nosy. Sammy is important in the story because she finds out who the bandit is, which is the main conflict. I like Sammy because she rises above the confusion and loneliness and focuses on the crime.//

Main Events://First ,Sammy tackles the bandit and he drops the paintings.Next, she goes to Diane's house and scratches 2 paint coats off of her fence and finds that it is the same colored fence in her painting "Whispers". Then, Sammy goes to the hotel that Diane's brother was staying at, asked him if he was the one that tried to steal the paintings and he admitted it. After that, Grams breaks into Diane's house to stop her from burning her paintings.Lastly,Sammy finds out that Diane is a fake and her father made her paintings.//

Problem/Conflict://There was an art gallery at the Vault. Someone tried to steal an artist named Diane Reijden's paintings. Sammy Keyes is trying to find out who hired or is the bandit. Meanwhile, she is dealing with lonliness because she constantly arguing with her grandmother that diane is not a fake and her friend Hudson has fallen for Diane. Also,her friend Marissa is urging (and threating her by not talking to her) her to hook up with Casey.//

How did the story make you feel?: //The story made me feel enthusiastic,like I just wanted to keep on reading until the end of the story.It is an exciting book and I hope that Ms. Van Drannen writes another one.//

What new things did you learn from this book?: //I learned not to argue with my grandmother or friends because then you will be lonely. I learned not to be so certain about a suspect that I take my eye off of the evidence. I learned not to be nosy and not to be snooping around other people's property. I learned not to lend a friend a skateboard because it may disappear for a few years.//

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?://I would recommend the book because it is a good ,but slow, mystery. On the other hand the book may have too much drama to handle and remember.//

Conclusion:The book was very good and had a nice ending. If I could read it again maybe I would read the 1st book first so that I can understand it better.