Wendelin Van Draanen. Knopf, $16.99 (272p) ISBN 978-1-101-94040-2
Eleven-year-old Lincoln has several secrets: the stories he writes in his notebook, his cross-country move with his mother to escape her abusive boyfriend, and the home for people with memory loss and dementia where his mother works (and where...
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Wendelin Van Draanen, Author HarperCollins $15.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-06-026671-4
In this energetic first novel, saucy, opinionated sixth-grader Carolyn narrates her exploits as, over the course of a summer, she spies on her ""freeko"" neighbors, digs foxholes in the yard, hurls dirt clods at her brother and steals a book from...
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Wendelin Van Draanen, Knopf, $16.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-375-86667-8
When track star Jessica loses her leg in a school bus accident, she is devastated that she will never run again. After weaning herself off painkillers (upon which she's become dependent) and learning to walk with crutches, she returns to school at...
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Wendelin Van Draanen, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $15.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-375-81176-0
Wendelin Van Draanen's Sammy Keyes and the Art of Deception marks the eighth title about the spunky detective. To fulfill an assignment, the sleuth attends an art opening. When a bandit crashes the event and yanks paintings from the wall, Sammy ...
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Wendelin Van Draanen, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $15.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-375-81175-3
The intrepid detective lays her life on the line when she hunts down her latest suspect, a reptilian-looking fellow, in Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyes, the seventh in the series by Wendelin Van Draanen. (May)
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Wendelin Van Draanen, Author HarperTrophy $4.95 (176p) ISBN 978-0-06-440725-0
Tomboy Carolyn is thrown for a loop when she hits puberty, in this ""sunny, funny look at a girl with a smart mouth and scabby knees,"" said PW. Ages 8-12. (Dec.)
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Wendelin Van Draanen, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $15 (176p) ISBN 978-0-679-88839-0
Sammy Keyes has no keys, nor does she need them. Living illegally with her grandmother in a senior citizens' residence, she enters and exits through a jiggered fire door and finds her way into a number of other restricted areas with equal ease....
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Wendelin Van Draanen, Author . Knopf $14.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-375-81174-6
Two distinct, thoroughly likable voices emerge in Van Draanen's (the Sammy Keyes series) enticing story, relayed alternately by eighth graders Bryce and Juli. When Juli moved in across the street from Bryce, just before second grade, he found...
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Wendelin Van Draanen, Author Yearling Books $6.5 (176p) ISBN 978-0-679-89264-9
Sammy, an intrepid girl detective, discovers a number of secrets about the hotel across the street from her home. ""The solution will likely come as a surprise, and the sleuth delights from start to finish,"" said PW. Ages 10-13. (Aug.)
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Wendelin Van Draanen, Author . Knopf $15.99 (294p) ISBN 978-0-375-84248-1
Evangeline and her musician dad used to be close—but that was before he had an affair, and before she and her mom moved out. Cleaning, Evangeline finds her mother's stash of romance novels and begins dreaming of a “crimson kiss.̶
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Wendelin Van Draanen, Author . Knopf $15.95 (250p) ISBN 978-0-375-83522-3
Through her journal entries, 12-year-old Holly Janquell reveals her experiences living in foster homes since her mother died of a drug overdose two years ago. Holly has already thwarted the sexual advances of one foster father and now, living with...
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Wendelin Van Draanen, Author . Random/Yearling $5.99 (126p) ISBN 978-0-440-41943-3
"This trenchant tale introduces two best friends who are constantly making pacts," wrote PW
. "The book's sympathetic protagonists, convincing colloquial dialogue and poignant conflicts will likely leave an impression on young...
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Wendelin Van Draanen, Author . Knopf $15.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-375-82505-7
Van Draanen's (Flipped
; the Sammy Keyes novels) trenchant tale introduces two best friends who are constantly making pacts—hammering their fists, trading blood and pledging secrecy: "I swear to howdy, if you tell a soul...." When...
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Wendelin Van Draanen, Author . Knopf $8.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-375-82544-6
"Two distinct, thoroughly likable voices emerge in this enticing story, relayed alternately by a pair of eighth-graders," said PW
in a starred review. "This novel is a great deal larger than the sum of its parts." Ages 10-14. (May)
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Wendelin Van Draanen, Author . Dell/Yearling $4.99 (277p) ISBN 978-0-440-41900-6
In the seventh addition to the popular Sammy Keyes series, the intrepid detective lays her life on the line when she hunts down her latest suspect, a reptilian-looking fellow. Ages 10-up. (Apr.)
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Wendelin Van Draanen, Author, Tara Sands, Read by Live Oak Media (NY) $25.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-87499-692-0
HYouthful-sounding actress Sands adroitly steps into the high-tops of smart-mouthed seventh-grade sleuth Samantha ""Sammy"" Keyes in this crisp adaptation of Van Draanen's fast-paced Edgar-winning mystery. Listeners are immediately swept into the...
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Wendelin Van Draanen, Author, Brian Biggs, Illustrator , illus. by Brian Biggs. Knopf $12.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-375-82351-0
Van Draanen (Swear to Howdy
; the Sammy Keyes mysteries) launches a one-man "Revenge of the Nerds" for the elementary crowd with this first in the Shredderman series. This quick-moving, often comical, story stars narrator Nolan Byrd, a...
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Wendelin Van Draanen, Author, Brian Biggs, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf $12.95 (163p) ISBN 978-0-375-82352-7
Shredderman: Attack of the Tagger by Wendelin Van Draanen, illus. by Brian Biggs, continues the adventures of Nolan Byrd (aka Shredderman) begun with Secret Identity, which PW called "" Revenge of the Nerds' for the elementary crowd."" When someone...
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Wendelin Van Draanen, Author, Stephen Gilpin, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $12.99 (201p) ISBN 978-0-375-84376-1
Van Draanen (the Shredderman books) sets a madcap new series in motion, introducing 13-year-old Dave and Sticky, a talking gecko he rescues from the clutches of a neighbor's cat. The lizard drags the boy to the ""maniacal mansion"" of a ""dastardly...
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Wendelin Van Draanen, Author, John Feinstein, Author, Brian Biggs, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $12.95 (176p) ISBN 978-0-375-82353-4
Long-awaited sequels and favorite characters return in a slew of novels this winter. Continuing the action-packed series begun with Shredderman: Secret Identity, which PW hailed as ""a one-man Revenge of the Nerds for the elementary crowd,""...
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Wendelin Van Draanen. Knopf, $17.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-101-94044-0
Fourteen-year-old Wren knows that she’s in trouble when she awakens to a police officer hovering near her bed, but she has no idea what’s in store for her. Wren’s parents, in a desperate effort to save their daughter from a downward spiral of drug...
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Wendelin Van Draanen. Knopf, $17.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-9848-9466-3
In her first guide to writing, bestselling author Van Draanen (Wild Bird) shares “not the boring autobiographical stuff” but, instead, advice that “pertains to writing and silver linings.” She includes anecdotes about her childhood and early writing
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Wendelin Van Draanen. Knopf, $18.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-593-37856-4
In a historical novel set in 1947 California, Van Draanen (Hope in the Mail) chronicles the friendship of two presumed white teens whose friendship is constrained by societal attitudes. Ten years before this book’s present, 16-year-old Ginny Rose’s...
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Wendelin Van Draanen, illus. by Laura Catalán. Knopf, $16.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-593-64430-0
Loose on the streets of San Francisco, a scrappy stray mutt with a “ruff”-and-tumble vernacular winningly narrates this snazzy mystery caper by Van Draanen (The Peach Rebellion). Canine Mr. Whiskers—so-named by 10-year-old Misty Nanigan and her...
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Wendelin Van Draanen, illus. by Cornelia Li. Knopf, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-5933-7592-1
From the moment she tumbles out of bed, young Leda, portrayed with light brown skin, places the blame for her off-kilter day with the biggest force of them all: “Gravity was in a bad mood. Again.” This Mercury-retrograde-like occurrence means that...
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