Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood Mummy

The elusive Lady Lana (a.k.a. Sammy's mom) ran off to Hollywood nearly a year ago to get "discovered." But whenSammydiscovers that her mom has changed her name, dyed her hair, and told everyone she's only 25, she decides Lana needs a little reality check. I mean, it's one thing to have her mom ditch her. But it's another to find out she's created a life for herself where Sammy can't possibly exist. But Hollywood is a shock.Everyoneis pretending here. No one is who or what they seem in this starlet-eat-starlet world. So when a woman is killed in the room next door, Sammy's hard-pressed to find someone whodoesn'thave a motive . . . including her own mom. From the Trade Paperback edition.

<b>Wendelin Van Draanen</b> actually hopped a bus to Hollywood and climbed out a window on a rope made of clothes to make sure she got all the details right for this book.