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Book Report



Your Name: Alexis Lanier

Title of Book: __Sammy Keyes and The Hotel Thief__

Author:Wendelin Van Draanen

Why did you choose to read this book?: I chose to read this book because it was the only one left over. I had to chose a book for my literature club and it was the only book that seemed worth while. It looked as if it had mystery and suspense and it did. I'm pretty proud of my decision.

Theme (Main Idea of the Book): The main idea was : "Things aren't what they seem" as said by Hudson. Because Sammy thought that it was Rockin' Rick, when it was Oscar the blind and deaf ice cream man. (it was just a disguise though. His real name was Larry.)

Setting (Time and Place): 2004 or 2005. In some city that they don't name. Which i'm assuming it's a popular city like New York or something.

Plot (What Happens): So Sammy sees someone going through somebody's purse through her binoculars. She tries to figure out who did it. She thinks it's Rockin' Rick did it because he seems suspicious. It was actually the blind and deaf ice cream man, Oscar. Who uses five different disguises because he's a well-known criminal. The police don't believe her at first, but after she proves it to them she cracks the case.

Characters: The Characters were: Sammy Marissa- Sammy's friend Officer Borsch- police officer Tall 'n' Skinny- police officer Heather-bully Hudson- neighbor Gina- person who got robbed Gram- Sammy's Grandma Mikey- Marissa's little brother TJ - storekeeper Ms. Graybill-neighbor Oscar/Larry/Andre-Hotel Thief

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? The Main Character was Sammy Keyes. She's 12 years old, and I imagine her as a girl with straight brown hair and green eyes. Sammy Keyes was spunky and had an attitude. But without that, she wouldn't be able to solve the crime because she would've punked out a long time ago. She was impulsive in my opinion. I enjoyed reading about her alot, it was probably because she was entertaining. Not boring at all.

Main Events: 1. Gina got robbed, Sammy saw it through her binoculars. 2. Sammy beat the crap out of a girl named Heather because she wouldn't leave her alone. 3. Sammy went to the Heavenly Hotel to explain what she saw 4. Sammy thinks it's Rockin' Rick who stole it. 5. Sammy finds out that it was Oscar, the ice cream man 6. Sammy busts him out and sends him to prison.

Problem/Conflict: Somebody robbed Gina at the Heavenly Hotel, and when Sammy tries to help, Officer Borsch doesn't believe her.

How did the story make you feel? Well, I was skeptical at first because the book didn't look too interesting to me.(It was just better than the other books). But once I got into it,i started to like it. The book length disappointed me though.A book like that should be alot longer in my opinion.

What new things did you learn from this book? I learned that if you pay close attention to everything and read between the lines, you can find the impurities of the world and solve them quicker than everybody else.

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? I wouldn't. I say that because it takes too long to get to point and it just wasn't that great. i've read much better books.

Conclusion: The book from a scale from 1-10 is a 5, it was just okay. The Sammy Keyes series isn't that great to me.