SuitabookResponsibility and tempting money
Sammy has cash that a dying man tells her to discard, while she considers hiding it.
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Wendelin Van Draanen - Author
This is a mystery about a young person confronted with money, death and a puzzling stranger. Its central appeal is likely the investigation, while the cash creates an ongoing moral problem about what Sammy should do.
SAMMY KEYES HAS three wads of cold hard cash in her hot little hands. An old guy gave them to her. Well, actually, he told her to throw them away. Begged her. With his last dying breath. Which he was taking because Sammy had just scared the life right out of him. So . . . she's got to get this man some help. She's got to do it without being seen herself. And she's got to figure out how to stash that cash. Aw, c'mon! You'd keep the money too, right? No one ever needs to know. . . .From the Hardcover edition.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a mystery about a young person confronted with money, death and a puzzling stranger. Its central appeal is likely the investigation, while the cash creates an ongoing moral problem about what Sammy should do.
Sammy has cash that a dying man tells her to discard, while she considers hiding it.
Sammy investigates who the man was and how he came to carry a large amount of money; counterfeiting and wealth are listed subjects.
The opening situation involves a man dying after an alarming encounter, and the money may create suspense. A child reading it may want to talk about whether keeping or hiding money can ever be justified.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
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