Samantha Spinner and the Super-Secret Plans
AuthorRussell Ginns
Audio read by
IllustratorBarbara Fisinger
CountryUnited States
SeriesSamantha Spinner
PublisherDelacorte Press
Publication date
13 February 2018
Pages256
ISBN978-1-5247-2000-1
OCLC990257306
LC ClassPZ7.G438943 Sam 2018
Followed bySamantha Spinner and the Spectacular Specs 
Websitesamanthaspinner.com

Samantha Spinner and the Super-Secret Plans is a children's mystery novel centered on an eponymous character, Samantha, an 11-year-old from Seattle. Her uncle Paul disappeared mysteriously and left her siblings expensive gifts. Her brother, Nipper, received the New York Yankees. Her sister, Buffy, received $2,400,000,000. Samantha received only a rusty red umbrella. Eventually, she discovered that the umbrella lining contains maps and diagrams to secret means of traveling around the globe.

It is the first title in the four-part Samantha Spinner book series, to be released by Random House 2018–2021.

The underside of the umbrella contains a map of secret passages which they expect will help find Samantha's uncle, but outlaw ninjas from the sewers are in pursuit of them.[1]

The story uses Samantha's brother Nipper as a device to add educational content to the story.[2]

The book was written by Russell Ginns, who has written over 100 books and also designed video game software.[3]

Countries and Landmarks

Throughout the series, the characters explore locations, famous and obscure, around the globe. In the first two published books, they visit:

The Louvre - France; The Eiffel Tower - France; The Florence Duomo - Italy; The Fountain of Neptune - Italy; The Temple of Horus - Egypt; Times Square - USA; The Space Needle - USA; The Great Mosque - Mali; Borobudur Temple - Indonesia; Machu Picchu - Peru

Awards

The 2018 audiobook edition, narrated by Kathleen McInerney and Grover Gardner, was listed an Earphones award winner by AudioFile Magazine.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Samantha Spinner and the Super-Secret Plans by Russell Ginns, Barbara Fisinger". Kirkus Reviews. Vol. LXXXV, no. 22. New York. 15 November 2017. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Coats, Karen (2018). "Samantha Spinner and the Super-Secret Plans by Russell Ginns (review)". Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. Johns Hopkins University Press. 71 (6): 248. doi:10.1353/bcc.2018.0101. ISSN 1558-6766. OCLC 7294498113. S2CID 201722749.
  3. ↑ Barron, Christina (24 July 2018). "KidsPost Summer Book Club: 'The Lifters'". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "SAMANTHA SPINNER AND THE SUPER-SECRET PLANS by Russell Ginns Read by Kathleen McInerney Grover Gardner | Audiobook Review".


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