Sam the Man & the Cell Phone Plan (Sam the Man #5)

by Frances O'Roark Dowell (Author) Amy June Bates (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Series: Sam the Man
Sam Graham wants a cell phone to help him with his research, but when his parents say no, he has to come up with another way to keep all the info he needs in his pocket in this hilarious fifth chapter book in the Sam the Man series from Frances O'Roark Dowell. Here are the facts: Sam Graham is an information man. But to get information, you need to do research. You never know when you'll need an urgent piece of info--like, say, the number for a chicken emergency hotline--so a resource for instant research is a must! This is why Sam needs a cell phone. Unfortunately, Mom and Dad disagree. So, Sam has to come up with a plan. But what is small enough to fit in your pocket and can hold all the information you need? Sam will have to go old-school with his latest plan and use a handy notebook instead. Luckily, retro is in, and à la Nick in Andrew Clements's Frindle, Sam might just start the latest trend!
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Frances O'Roark Dowell
Frances O'Roark Dowell is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Dovey Coe, which won the Edgar Award and the William Allen White Award; Where I'd Like to Be; The Secret Language of Girls and its sequels The Kind of Friends We Used to Be and The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away; Chicken Boy; Shooting the Moon, which was awarded the Christopher Award; the Phineas L. MacGuire series; Falling In; The Second Life of Abigail Walker, which received three starred reviews; Anybody Shining; Ten Miles Past Normal; Trouble the Water; the Sam the Man series; The Class; How to Build a Story; and, most recently, Hazard. She lives with her family in Durham, North Carolina. Connect with Frances online at FrancesDowell.com.

Amy June Bates has illustrated books including the Sam the Man series; Sweet Dreams and That's What I'd Do, both by singer-songwriter Jewel; and Waiting for the Magic by Patricia MacLachlan. She is the author-illustrator of The Big Umbrella, which Booklist raved, "A boundlessly inclusive spirit...This open-ended picture book creates a natural springboard for discussion." She lives in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, with her husband and three children.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781534412620
Lexile Measure
750
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Atheneum Books
Publication date
June 20, 2020
Series
Sam the Man
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV036000 - Juvenile Fiction | Science & Technology
JUV039230 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Bullying
Library of Congress categories
Families
Family life
Schools
Ciphers
Notebooks
Cell phones

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