Just like Dominique they make up all of this stuff and get into a big web of lies until someone finds out and they mess it up. Sammy's mother reminds me of all of these women who change their identity looking for a better life.
So when her competition for the biggest role of her life,is found dead in Dominique's room, it is up to Sammy to find who murdered her.ĭuring reading this book, I made a text-to-world connection. Her mother- Lana Keyes has changed her name to Dominique, dyed her hair, and shaved ten years off her age and Sammy knows that is time for her to find her mother and make her explain everything. The setting is in Hollywood, and Sammy is the main character. Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood mummy is about two girls- Sammy and Marissa who go to Hollywood to find Sammy's mother. She and her husband reside in California and have two sons. Van Draanen was a classroom teacher for fifteen years. The Gecko & Sticky books, are fun read-alouds, perfect for reluctant readers, and the Shredderman books-featuring a boy who deals with a bully-received the Christopher Award for “affirming the highest values of the human spirit” and became a Nickelodeon made-for-TV movie.
Van Draanen is also the author of two short chapter-book series. Van Draanen's latest book, Hope in the Mail, is part memoir, part writing guided, designed to encourage aspiring writers to pursue their dream. Her novel The Running Dream was awarded ALA’s Schneider Family Award for its portrayal of the disability experience. She is the author of the 18-book Edgar-winning Sammy Keyes series, and wrote Flipped which was named a Top 100 Children’s Novel for the 21st Century by SLJ, and became a Warner Brothers feature film with Rob Reiner directing. Wendelin Van Draanen has written more than thirty novels for young readers and teens.
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