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Books in Live Oak Mysteries series

  • Sammy Keyes and the Wedding Crasher

    Wendelin Van Draanen

    Audio CD (Live Oak Media, June 30, 2012)
    For use in schools and libraries only.
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  • Sammy Keyes and the Dead Giveaway

    Wendelin Vandraanen, Tara Sands

    Audio CD (Live Oak Media, July 30, 2006)
    While investigating why someone is trying to force people from their homes to expand a recreation center, Sammy is distracted by the lies she must tell to cover an accident she caused, but which was blamed on her nemesis, Heather.
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  • Dollhouse Murders, the

    Betty Ren Wright, Carol Jordan Stewart

    Audio CD (Live Oak Media (NY), Jan. 1, 2006)
    ..".a good choice for story hours and a pleasant introduction to the library for young or library-phobic children." - School Library Journal
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  • Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyes

    Wendelin Vandraanen, Tara Sands

    Audio CD (Live Oak Media (NY), Aug. 30, 2003)
    In her most dangerous mystery to date, Sammy is literally left holding the bag! When a strange girl who is trying to escape from a scary looking guy at the mall asks her to watch her shopping bag and then flees, Sammy is alarmed to discover that inside the bag is a baby! In her seventh adventure, the intrepid detective puts her life on the line as she confronts the seamy gang life of her hometown in her search for the baby's mother. And, as usual, her attempts to solve the case are thwarted along the way by her high school nemesis Acosta and problems with her grandmother's nosy new neighbor in this edge-of-the seat mystery.
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  • Sammy Keyes and the Cold Hard Cash

    Wendelin Vandraanen, Tara Sands

    Audio CD (Live Oak Media (NY), Dec. 31, 2009)
    "A lively fife and drum playing Yankee-Doodle-Dandy" welcome the listener...A narrative tone that is sincere and respectful and a slow, even pace afford the young listener time to absorb facts." - AudioFile Magazine
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  • Christina's Ghost

    Betty Ren Wright, Carol Jordan Stewart

    Audio CD (Live Oak Media (NY), Jan. 1, 2006)
    Kids with allergies will relate to Dolores' struggle and champion her creativity as the resourceful rodent comes up with her own creative solution in the third book in this spirited series.
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  • Kidnap at the Catfish Cafe

    Patricia Reilly Giff, Lynne Cravath, Dana Lubotsky

    Audio CD (Live Oak Media (NY), Jan. 1, 2006)
    "Follows the boy-and-dog pair as they visit Big bear Lake on a family camping trip...This audio presentation enhances an already delightful story." --School Library Journal
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  • Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief

    Wendelin Van Draanen, Tara Sands

    Audio Cassette (Live Oak Media, Oct. 1, 2000)
    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.
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  • Dollhouse Murders, the

    Betty Ren Wright, Carol Jordan Stewart

    Audio CD (Live Oak Media (NY), Jan. 1, 2006)
    The attic is always a great place to look for nuggets of one's family history, but when 12-year-old Amy explores her great-grandparents' attic, she uncovers clues to a chilling family secret.
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  • Sammy Keyes And The Search For Snake Eyes

    Wendelin Van Draanen, Dana Lubotsky

    Audio Cassette (Live Oak Media, Oct. 1, 2005)
    Sammy?s softball team is in contention for the Junior Slugger?s Cup, and all she wants to do is hunker down behind home plate and catch strikes. But Heather Acosta brings new meaning to the term ?foul ball? as she schemes to get Sammy kicked off the team. And Sammy is thrown a wild pitch by a frantic girl in the mall. She begs Sammy to watch something for her and then dashes off before Sammy realizes that the bag she?s left holding contains a baby! Now there are some pitches that you shouldn?t even try to catch, but Sammy?s a take-it-in-the-chest-protector kind of player. So when the girl doesn?t return for her baby, Sammy decides to go find her. And her search leads her into situations that are just not covered in a softball playbook.
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  • Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyes

    Wendelin Vandraanen, Tara Sands

    Audio CD (Live Oak Media (NY), Aug. 30, 2003)
    In her most dangerous mystery to date, Sammy is literally left holding the bag! When a strange girl who is trying to escape from a scary looking guy at the mall asks her to watch her shopping bag and then flees, Sammy is alarmed to discover that inside the bag is a baby! In her seventh adventure, the intrepid detective puts her life on the line as she confronts the seamy gang life of her hometown in her search for the baby's mother. And, as usual, her attempts to solve the case are thwarted along the way by her high school nemesis Acosta and problems with her grandmother's nosy new neighbor in this edge-of-the seat mystery.
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  • Christina's Ghost

    Betty Ren Wright, Carol Jordan Stewart

    Audio Cassette (Live Oak Media, March 1, 2002)
    Book by Wright, Betty Ren
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