33. Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief (Van Draanen)
Thirteen-year-old Sammy's penchant for speaking her mind gets her in trouble when she involves herself in the investigation of a robbery at the "seedy" hotel across the street from the seniors' building where she is living with her grandmother.
Q = how does Sammy know Hudson? comment = I love this book and I'm almost done it, I cant keep my eyes out of it!
ReplyDeleteQ:Why does Officer Borcsh give Sammy a ticket?
ReplyDeleteA:Because she was J-walking
C:I love Sammy Keyes so much that I decided to read the whole series.Right now I'm on the 4th book!
Q: what is Oscar the "blind ice cream man" actually?
ReplyDeleteA: the hotel thief.
I recommend that if you read Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief and you liked it, you should read the rest of the series!
Q: Why did Sammy get suspended on the first week of school?
ReplyDeleteA: Sammy got suspended for punching a girl named Heather in the nose after Heather put a pin under Sammy of which she sat on.
Comment: This was also one of my favorite parts especially after i had found out heather had lied and hit the vice principal.
I liked the part when I found out that Oskar was the thief and that I was right halfway through the story.
ReplyDeleteWhy did Sammy wrote I am the hotel theif on a five dollar bill?
ReplyDeleteSo when the theif stole it she could identify that it was her's.
What was the threatning note that was for Mrs. Graybill written on?
ReplyDeleteThe note was written on a Double Dynamo napkin.
My favorite part is when Sammy punches Heather Acosta!!
Q: How does Samantha see her grandmother dating Hudson?
ReplyDeleteA: She finds her way up to the roof with Brandon's help, and while she is gazing upon the town, she sees her with Hudson on Hudson's porch.
Q1: How did Sammy expose Heather Acosta's lies about her nose at school?
ReplyDeleteA1: Sammy called Heather's doctor and asked him to call the school principal and tell him that her nose was just a little nose bleed.
Q2: Who was the hotel thief and what was his real name?
A2: Oscar and his real name was Larry Daniels
Q: When did Sammy get the impression that Oscar was the hotel thief?
ReplyDeleteA: When Sammy was on the roof of the mall, she saw Oscar the ice cream man cleaning his glasses. Sammy knew Oscar was blind. Then she realized that Oscar is not blind or deaf.
My favorite part was when Heather got mad and tried to punch Sammy, but Sammy ducked and instead, Heather punched the vice principal!
Q: What was the Heavenly Hotel's cigar chomper's name?
ReplyDeleteA: Andre.
Q: What was tall-and-skinny's real name?
A: Sergeant Jacobson.