Oral Summary
I read the story Sammy Keyes and the Cold Hard Cash by Wendlin Van Draanen. The main characters in this story are Sammy, Marissa, Grams, and Danny. The minor characters in this story are Casey, Heather, and Sammy’s mom. Intro- Sammy had been going up and down the fire escape for 2 years now and no one has seen her. Today is different. When Sammy went to open the door, she saw the knob turning so she hid behind the door. She went to open the door but, unfortunately the man saw her and the man passed out. Before, he completely passed away he handed Sammy a huge stack of money. He told her to throw it over the fire escape. Then, a few minutes later, the man had passed away.
Problems- Sammy and Heather had problems because at Danny’s pool party Heather showed up with the same bathing suit as Sammy’s best friend had on. When Sammy was looking for Marissa, she thought she had found her a the bottom of the pool so she swam down and lifted her out of the water, when she realized that it wasn’t Marissa it was Heather.
Climax- My favorite part of the book was when Sammy was trying to figure out who the man on the fire escape was. She found out that he had 2 friends that he had met from the military. Also, that the money the man on the fire escape had given her was fake money.
Falling Action- In the end, Sammy figured out that the fire escape man’s two friends were the ones making the fake money. Sammy called the cops and they got arrested for making fake money.
Theme- The theme of the story was “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” I thought this was a good theme because Sammy didn’t know that the man on the fire escape was a military veteran.
Quote- I think an important quote was “I guess I was rich after all” said by Sammy. I thought that was important because Sammy was saying that she is rich with friends and family.
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