FROM CHESHIRE HOUSE BOOKS
SAM THE CAT:
DETECTIVE
A SAM THE CAT MYSTERY
BY
LINDA STEWART
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Nominated For The Edgar Award By The Mystery
Writers Of America..... "Best Juvenile Novel" |
When a beautiful, blue-eyed
penthouse kitten learns her family was robbed of a
rare jade necklace, she runs to find Sam. The result
is a hair-raising mystery-adventure (and one twisty
tail) in which Sam tracks and traps a human
"cat burglar" and clears an innocent man. |
HERE'S WHAT THE CRITICS SAID:
"IF PHILIP MARLOWE CAME BACK AS A CAT, HE'D HAVE COME BACK
AS SAM. ALL THE DEADPAN HUMOR IS HERE, IN SPADES, WITH A MYSTERY TO SOLVE BY ONE CLEVER CAT." TV Guide's Parents'
Guide to Childrens Entertainment"
A PRIVATE EYE IS BORN!" Chicago Tribune.
"FORGET HARRY POTTER. IF YOU WANT TO BE ENCHANTED BY A BOOK FOR ALL AGES, TRY SAM THE CAT: DETECTIVE. THE BOOK IS A
GEM." January Magazine
"RECOMMENDED FOR AGES 8 TO 11." New York Newsday
"A CLEVER SPOOF." - Booklist
"A CLEVER WITTY BOOK." Starship Express
A Fifth Grade Teacher wrote the publisher
to say:
"I REALLY ENJOY USING SAM TO TEACH
CHARACTERIZATION AND SIMILES. THE STUDENTS CONTINUE
TO LOVE READING IT EACH YEAR."
-Cheryl Noyer, Mary Raber Elementary
School, Columbia City, IN. (February, 2000) |
AND READERS HAVE POSTED ON AMAZON.COM:
"A CLEVERLY CRAFTED TAKEOFF ON THE HARDBOILED DETECTIVE GENRE. A CLASSIC."
"TRULY FAMILY READING. WE LIKED IT AS MUCH AS OUR 10 YEAR OLD DID."
"IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO LIGHTEN UP A DARK MOOD, SAM THE CAT IS PERFECT."
"WONDERFUL. THE PERFECT MYSTERY. NOT TOO LONG AND NOT TOO HARD TO SOLVE."
ISBN
0-9675073-4-0
6 x 9 PAPERBACK, 128 PAGES, $10.95 |
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