Cover Image

Mr. Whiskers and the Shenanigan sisters

Streetwise stray dog Mr. Whiskers and sisters Misty and Zelda follow clues through the streets of San Francisco in their search for the sibling's kidnapped father.

Main Author: Van Draanen, Wendelin (Author)
Other Authors: Catalán, Laura (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Dogs > Juvenile fiction.
Sisters > Juvenile fiction.
Kidnapping > Juvenile fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction > Juvenile.
Humorous fiction > Juvenile.
Animal fiction > Juvenile.
Summary: Streetwise stray dog Mr. Whiskers and sisters Misty and Zelda follow clues through the streets of San Francisco in their search for the sibling's kidnapped father.
Physical Description: 199 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Audience: Ages 8-12.
Grades 4-6.
ISBN: 9780593644300
0593644301
9780593644317
059364431X
9780593644331
0593644336
Author Notes: Wendelin Van Draanen was born on January 6, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois. She is the daughter of chemists who emigrated from Holland. She worked as a math teacher and then as a computer science teacher before becoming an author. Wendelin Van Draanen began her writing career with a screenplay and soon switched to adult novels and then children's books. She is best known for her Sammy Keyes series of novels, which she started writing in 1997, featuring a teenage detective named Samantha Keyes. Her popular Sammy Keyes series had been nominated four times for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Children's Mystery and won with "Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief". Her Shredderman series also yielded a Christopher Medal for Secret Identity. She has also written several novels such as: How I Survived Being a Girl and Flipped.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Similar Items