Samantha Sanderson at the Movies

The first book in an exciting new series about a girl with dreams to become an investigative journalist, each book promises to touch on a crime straight from the headlines, while also tackling tough issues faced by middle-schoolers everywhere.
This book introduces readers to Sam Sanderson, an independent, resourceful, tech-savvy cheerleader and aspiring journalist and Sam’s best friend Makayla. They’re ordinary 7th graders who enjoy shopping, texting and going to the mall – along with sniffing out the next big mysteries to report in the school paper.
In this first book of the series, Sam gets the lead on a developing and controversial story when an explosive device is discovered in a local cinema – controversial because this cinema has recently come under attack by a renowned, outspoken atheist, for allowing a local church to show Christian movies. Sam’s family has always been strong in their walk with the Lord, and Sam knows what she believes, but for the first time her faith is really put to the test, especially when she compromises her ethics as a journalist when she reports on the case her father is overseeing for the police.
224 pages