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Title: Getting Better and Better
Review: Lots of series can be read out of order, (Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Boxcar Children), without losing much. That's true of the Sammy Keyes books, since each is a stand alone. But, I've read a couple of them now, and realize that the books become deeper, and the Sammy character becomes more interesting, complicated and developed, from book to book.There's a big difference in the reading experience between, say, "Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief", which is book one, and "Sammy Keyes and the Psycho Kitty Queen", which is number nine. "Runaway Elf" is number four, and while it is still pretty much a juvenile mystery/adventure the Sammy character is beginning to develop, the secondary characters are coming into focus, and the mystery is better. This is where the series begins to develop into a little more than just "The Boxcar Children".If your young reader really likes it I'd recommend starting with the first volume and working through them. They're all good.
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