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SAM THE CAT: DETECTIVE

A SAM THE CAT MYSTERY

BY LINDA STEWART

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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