Van Draanen, Wendelin

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.

When a school bus accident leaves sixteen-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds a way to help rekindle her dream of running again.

In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.

In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.

Fifth-grader Nolan Byrd, tired of being called names by the class bully, has a secret identity--Shredderman!.

While on her first hiking and camping trip, thirteen-year-old Sammy tries to solve a mystery involving endangered condors while avoiding scorpions, ticks, and embarrassment.

When Nolan witnesses a serious crime, he realizes he may not be able to hide behind his Shredderman identity this time.

While celebrating the New Year with a friend, Sammy encounters a mystery involving an elderly neighbor, a pioneer cabin, and a century-old family feud.

Someone is spray-painting graffiti all over Cedar Valley and it is up to fifth-grader Nolan Byrd, also known as Shredderman, to expose the vandal.

On Halloween night, seventh grader Sammy stumbles onto a mystery involving a twenty-year-old family feud and some heirlooms stolen by a man in a skeleton costume.