Just Getting a Clue

Sam Archer is a bored 8th grader who wears a fedora, likes candy suckers, and mostly keeps to himself. As everyone at Southeast Middle School is getting ready for summer he meets a new girl named Staci who has inexplicably lost her guitar. With just a few weeks before a huge performance in front of the whole school, she’s panicked. Sam agrees to help her find it, but it quickly gets complicated. As the list of suspects and victims grows, Sam can only guess at everyone’s motives. The elusive Jack, the mysterious Michelle, the hot-tempered Ryan, the jumpy Dylan, the annoying Sophie, and even Staci herself all seem to have hidden reasons for being involved. Determined to get to the bottom of it, Sam pushes on, even though everyone keeps asking why he’s doing it, and he begins to wonder, too.