Sammy Keyes has got two mysteries to solve. Unless she finds scary Mrs Landvogt's dog in a matter of days, she and Grams are going to be out of a home when Mrs Landvogt shops them to the authorities. Sammy needs to be concentrating on getting yappy little Marique back, fast; but she can't stop worrying about the strange elf-girl she found on the night of the Christmas Parade. Why does Elyssa keep disappearing? And why does it have to be Sammy who feels responsible?

 

This book features in the following series: Sammy Keyes, Sammy Keyes Mysteries .

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Scholastic .

Lizzie Finlay is the illustrator of A Tale of Two Wolves (Flying Foxes 2002). She studied Illustration at Exeter College of Art and has published a number of picture books, including Sam's First Day (Mantra 2000) and Buri and the Marrow (Mantra 2000). Her line drawings appear in I'm Telling You (Cambridge Young Writers Award, CUP 2000) and Write Here Write Now (DfEE/CUP 2000). This is her second book for Random House. Wendelin van Draanen has been everything from a forklift driver to high school teacher and now is enjoying life as a full-time writer. The first four books in the Sammy Keyes mystery series have been embraced by critics and readers alike.