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Sam the Man & the secret detective club plan  Cover Image Book Book

Sam the Man & the secret detective club plan / Frances O'Roark Dowell ; illustrated by Amy June Bates.

Dowell, Frances O'Roark. (Author). Bates, Amy June. (Added Author).

Summary:

Second-grader Sam starts a detective club at school and, because there are no mysteries to solve, gets permission to seek the owners of three items from the lost and found closet.

Record details

  • ISBN: 153441259X (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9781534412590 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 179 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
  • Edition: First Atheneum Books for Young Readers edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2019.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book."
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 8.99
Subject: Graham, Sam (Fictitious character from Dowell) > Juvenile fiction.
Clubs > Juvenile fiction.
Lost and found possessions > Fiction.
Family life > Fiction.
Schools > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Mystery fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lakeshore Branch J FIC Dowel 31681020135430 JFIC Available -

Frances O’Roark Dowell is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Dovey Coe, which won the Edgar Award and the William Allen White Award; Where I’d Like to Be; The Secret Language of Girls and its sequels The Kind of Friends We Used to Be and The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away; Chicken Boy; Shooting the Moon, which was awarded the Christopher Award; the Phineas L. MacGuire series; Falling In; The Second Life of Abigail Walker, which received three starred reviews; Anybody Shining; Ten Miles Past Normal; Trouble the Water; the Sam the Man series; The Class; How to Build a Story; and most recently, Hazard. She lives with her family in Durham, North Carolina. Connect with Frances online at FrancesDowell.com.

Amy June Bates has illustrated books including the Sam the Man series; Sweet Dreams and That’s What I’d Do, both by singer-songwriter Jewel; and Waiting for the Magic by Patricia MacLachlan. She is the author-illustrator of The Big Umbrella, about which Booklist raved, “A boundlessly inclusive spirit...This open-ended picture book creates a natural springboard for discussion.” She lives in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, with her husband and three children.

Frances O'Roark Dowell is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Dovey Coe, which won the Edgar Award and the William Allen White Award; Where I'd Like to Be; The Secret Language of Girls and its sequels The Kind of Friends We Used to Be and The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away; Chicken Boy; Shooting the Moon, which was awarded the Christopher Award; the Phineas L. MacGuire series; Falling In; The Second Life of Abigail Walker, which received three starred reviews; Anybody Shining; Ten Miles Past Normal; Trouble the Water; the Sam the Man series; The Class; How to Build a Story; and, most recently, Hazard. She lives with her family in Durham, North Carolina. Connect with Frances online at FrancesDowell.com.

Amy June Bates has illustrated books including the Sam the Man series; Sweet Dreams and That's What I'd Do, both by singer-songwriter Jewel; and Waiting for the Magic by Patricia MacLachlan. She is the author-illustrator of The Big Umbrella, which Booklist raved, 'A boundlessly inclusive spirit...This open-ended picture book creates a natural springboard for discussion.' She lives in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, with her husband and three children.


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