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Sammy Keyes
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| Name: | Sammy Keyes series |
| Abbreviation(s): | Sammy Keyes, Sammy, SK |
| Creator: | Wendelin Van Draanen |
| Date(s): | 1998-2014 (books); 2000-2019 (audiobooks) |
| Medium: | books, audiobooks |
| Country of Origin: | U.S.A. |
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Sammy Keyes is a series of mystery novels starring a middle-school girl, Sammy (short for Samantha) Keyes. It is known for Fair-Play Whodunnits, deftly weaving the three plots (mystery, family, and school), sassy first-person narration, and
also [being] explorations of modern life in all its messy complexity. [...] Even the supporting characters deal with financial stresses, troubled home situations, and, well, life.[1]
History of the fandom
Activities
- Fans often do something small to celebrate Sammy's birthday (April 6): it may be creating or posting a fanwork, or doing something that reminds them of Sammy
- When the last book was published in 2014, a librarian in Puyallup, Wash., USA, organized the Goodbye Party for Sammy Keyes, an event that was affectionately nicknamed "the Sammy Con." [1][2][3][4]
- The Epic Road Trip: a two-part author tour in spring and fall 2014, put together with input from fans on the blog [5][6][7][8]
Example Fanworks
- MEME: 30 Days of Sammy Keyes challenge by sammykeyesta(?) (Sept. 2013)
- PIC SET: "Let the adventure begin." by milliways/doyles (Feb. 2014)
- ART: i felt like drawin’ my favorite girl detective and her squad by saint-tibbles (Feb. 2015)
- Book Rec by harry7p0tter7/eat-play-read-run (May 2015)
- EDIT: One of my favorite quotes because you can just feel the sass by tibbitoo (Sept. 2015)
- HEADCANON: Okay, so reading the skeleton man (and parts of night of skulls) again made me think far too much about their costumes next year by milliways/doyles (Oct. 2015)
Communities
- Cool Your Heels tumblr
- Daily Dose of Sammy Keyes tumblr
- Wendelin's blog
- Sammy Keyes tag on Tumblr
- #SammyKeyes on Twitter
- Confessions of a Sammiac tumblr
Resources
References
- ^ Miller, Ryan (3 September 2014). "Sammy Keyes and the Grateful Author: The long-running series set on the Central Coast comes to an end". New Times San Luis Obispo. Archived from the original on 2021-07-23.