Peg Kehret
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Peg Kehret is an American
writer
. Her writing primarily targets younger children between the ages of 8 and 14.
Peg Kehret was born on November 11th 1936 in LaCrosse, WI. As a child she was a normal children. When she was 12 she had 3 types of polio which paralyzed her neck and down. She stayed at the hospital for 9 months. In 1955 she married Carl Kehret. They moved to California. In California they adopted 2 children Bob and Anne. Before Peg started writing she wrote plays, radio commercials and magazine stories. In 1970, Peg and Carl moved to Washington. Carl died on April 28, 2004.
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. Her writing primarily targets younger children between the ages of 8 and 14.
Peg Kehret was born on November 11th 1936 in LaCrosse, WI. As a child she was a normal children. When she was 12 she had 3 types of polio which paralyzed her neck and down. She stayed at the hospital for 9 months. In 1955 she married Carl Kehret. They moved to California. In California they adopted 2 children Bob and Anne. Before Peg started writing she wrote plays, radio commercials and magazine stories. In 1970, Peg and Carl moved to Washington. Carl died on April 28, 2004.
Works
- Runaway Twin
- Abduction!,2011
- Acting Normal
- The Blizzard Disaster
- The Book About When I Met Her
- Cages
- Danger at the Fair
- Deadly Stranger
- Don't Tell Anyone
- Earthquake TerrorEarthquake TerrorEarthquake Terror is Peg Kehret's most popular book. It tells the tale of how a boy named Jonathan has to help his crippled six-year old sister Abby, during an earthquake while their parents are at a hospital. An excerpt of Earthquake bumbu is currently used in the first grade language arts book by...
- Encore! More Winning Monologs
- Escaping the Giant Wave
- Five Pages A Day: A Writers Journey
- Ghost Dog Secrets
- The Ghost's Grave
- The Hideout
- Horror at the Haunted House
- I'm Not Who You Think I AmI'm Not Who You Think I AmI'm Not Who You Think I Am is an American novel for young adults by Peg Kehret, published in 1999.-Plot:Thirteen-year-old Ginger becomes the target of a disturbed lady who believes that Ginger is her dead daughter. Ginger becomes distressed because the woman starts stalking her insisting that...
, 1999 - My Brother Made Me Do It
- My Uncle Loved Me
- Night of Fear
- Nightmare Mountain
- Runaway Twin
- Saving Lilly
- Searching for Candlestick Park
- The Secret Journey
- Shelter Dogs: Amazing Stories of Adopted Strays
- Sisters, Long Ago
- Small Steps: The Year I Got PolioSmall Steps: The Year I Got PolioSmall Steps: The Year I Got Polio is an autobiography account of author Peg Kehret's childhood experience of polio.-Plot:In 1948, twelve-year-old Peg Kehret starts to notice some twitching in her leg during her school choir class, and then she also falls. When she gets home, she and her parents...
, 2000 - Spy Cat
- Stolen Children, 2008
- The Stranger Next Door
- Tell It Like It Is
- Terror at the Zoo
- Trapped
- The Volcano DisasterThe Volcano DisasterThe Volcano Disaster is a children's novel by Peg Kehret about a boy who is transported back in time to just a few minutes before Mt. St. Helens erupts. The boy struggles to flee the eruption....
, 1998 - Vows of Love and Marriage
- Wedding Vows: How to Express Your Love in Your Own Words
- Winning Monologs for Young Actors, 1985
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