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list price: $16.95
category: Children's Fiction
published: Aug 2009
ISBN:9781553378228
publisher:
Kids Can Press
list price: $16.95
category: Children's Fiction
published: Aug 2009
ISBN:9781553378228
publisher:
Kids Can Press
Description
In the second book in the Sam & Friends Mystery graphic novel series, canine sleuth Sam is bored at the prospect of spending a cottage weekend at Sagawa Lake - until she hears that the lake has a deep, dark secret. This is exactly what Sam wants to hear and sure enough, with help from Jennie and Beth, Sam finds an old diary hidden in the wall of their cabin and what they read there is chilling. Is it the key to the secret of Sagawa Lake? What about the strange face painted on the rock, near the water's edge - and the creepy cave nearby? Something lurks in the depths of the lake. All they need is proof, which Sam is determined to obtain at all costs.
As always, the mystery-solving trio of Sam, Jennie and Beth blow up events to scary proportions and young graphic novel readers will furiously turn pages to reach the climax - and a surprising solution to the mystery.
Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age:
- 7 to 10
- Grade:
- 2 to 5
Awards
- Short-listed, Comics for Kids Award, Joe Shuster Awards
- Winner, Best Books for Kids & Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre
Editorial Reviews
This graphic-novel adaptation of the sixth book in Labatt's "Sam, Dog Detective" series is quite successful.
— School Library Journa
Sam's attitude and fumbling detective work are made even more enjoyable through the artist's panels, which ably mix the styles of manga and Western comics.
— Kirkus Reviews
Out of print
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