All Sammy wants to concentrate on is her softball team - they're in contention for the Junior Slugger's Cup and there's work to be done. Particularly as Heather Acosta (Sammy's rival) brings new meaning to the term 'foul ball' as she tries to get Sammy kicked off the team. Then Sammy is thrown a curve ball - out at the mall one day, a flustered girl begs her to watch her bag for her, then disappears. It's only then that Sammy realises the bag contains . a baby! Sammy sets out to search for her, and is led into situations that make softball look like child's play.

 

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

There are 272 pages in this book. This book was published 2004 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.