This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Text copyright © 2019 by Russell Ginns

Cover and interior illustrations copyright © 2019 by Barbara Fisinger

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Ginns, Russell, author. | Skorjanc, Barbara Fisinger, illustrator.

Title: Samantha Spinner and the spectacular specs / Russell Ginns; illustrated by Barbara Fisinger.

Description: First edition. | New York : Delacorte Press, [2019] | Summary: “Uncle Paul is still missing. And Samantha just received a new gift from him: a pair of strange purple sunglasses. Are they another powerful present? A clue to his whereabouts? Or just a bad fashion choice? Samantha and Nipper need to figure it out fast, because here comes the SUN!” —Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018028042 (print) | LCCN 2018034932 (ebook) | ISBN 978-1-5247-2006-3 (el) | ISBN 978-1-5247-2004-9 (hardback)

Subjects: | CYAC: Adventure and adventurers—Fiction. | Brothers and sisters—Fiction. | Missing persons—Fiction. | Uncles—Fiction. | Family life—Fiction. | Mystery and detective stories. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General. | JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General (see also headings under Social Issues). | JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women.

Classification: LCC PZ7.G438943 (ebook) | LCC PZ7.G438943 Sam 2018 (print) | DDC [Fic]—dc23

Ebook ISBN 9781524720063

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