Peg Kehret books

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Horror , Middle Grade & Children's , Fiction , Memoir & Autobiography , Mystery & Thriller , Historical Fiction , Young Adult Fiction , Nonfiction , Poetry , Humor , Romance

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Stolen Children (2008)

November 7, 2014 The life of the fourteen year-old Amy seems like a tragic sequel of events. First, her dad dies in a car accident and she feels culpable because it was after he postponed his work to lecture her for an ignorant mistake she made. “No one ever blamed Amy for the accident because no...

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Runaway Twin (2009)

I didn't expect to like this book. I bought it at Half-Price Books a while back for a dollar because I liked the cover, and I had no regrets. It seemed like one of those books that I would read and end up dragging out for days even though they're small. That was not the case with this book. I jus...

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Ghost Dog Secrets (2010)

Alex Daddis 10/9/2014 The Ghost Dog Secret The book I am reading is called Ghost Dog Secrets it is by Peg Kehret and the genre is mystery. The book is about a boy named Rusty and he found a dog chained to a tree with no food or water. I like this book because it is a mystery and I l...

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The Stranger Next Door (2003)

Pete's not afraid of anything. If there's a mystery to be solved, he's your cat. Pete is Alex's cat. And since Alex and his family moved into the new housing development, Pete is Alex's only friend, too. Things start looking up for Alex and Pete when Rocky, a boy Alex's age, moves in next door. B...

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The Ghost's Grave (2005)

What Josh thought would be the dullest summer of his life, spent with his eccentric great-aunt, turns chilling when he meets the ghost of a coal miner killed in a mine explosion. Willie has been waiting years for some kind soul to dig up his leg and rebury it with the rest of him--only then will ...

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Five Pages a Day: A Writer's Journey (2002)

The author of her autobiographical Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio, now shares the story of her writing career, which began at the age of ten when she wrote and sold her own newspaper, which featured tales of local dogs--mostly her own dog, B.J. The newspaper folded after four issues, but Kehre...

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Cages (2001)

At the end of the school year, Kit Hathaway must give a speech about shoplifting. She closes her speech with, "It's stupid to take such a chance." A boy in her class challenges this statement, and Kit isn't sure she's willing to explain herself. Can she admit that her speech was based on first...

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Escaping The Giant Wave (2015)

After a while Kyle and Beebee experienced the second tsunami and it was harsh for several reasons. First, surviving without an adult is difficult. In addition, they were scared. For example, Kyle and Beebee were separated from their parents, and they were scared to die alone. These are the reason...

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Shelter Dogs: Amazing Stories of Adopted Strays (1999)

As part of my preparation for a writing club I’ll soon teach about rescue animals, I’ve been reading some of the pet books I’ve collected over the years, and am delighted to have found Shelter Dogs by Peg Kehret. This brief book of just over one hundred pages contains eight true stories mostly ab...

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Nightmare Mountain (1999)

As soon as Molly arrives at her aunt and uncle's ranch in rural Washington, things start to go very wrong. Her cousin hates her on sight. Her aunt falls into a mysterious coma. Then, left alone on the huge property, Molly and her cousin discover an intruder lurking in the barn! Armed and desperat...

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Earthquake Terror (1998)

When Jonathan and his family go camping on Magpie Island, they look forward to a fun, relaxing weekend. But their fun quickly vanishes when Jonathan, his sister, Abby, and their dog, Moose, find themselves in the middle of a natural disaster. A devastating earthquake has hit, destroying their cam...

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Terror at the Zoo (2001)

Ellen Streater received the perfect birthday present—an overnight camp-out at the zoo. Too bad she had to invite her little brother Corey along. But as night falls in the zoo, her brother becomes the least of her worries, as they discover they're locked in the zoo with an escaped convict who's st...

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Don't Tell Anyone (2001)

Trying to save some feral cats living in a field about to be bulldozed, Megan receives an offer of help from an odd man. Feeling his offer isn't quite right; Megan then witnesses a car accident and receives disturbing notes. Not knowing who to trust, Megan relies on her wits to save the cats—and ...

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Night of Fear (1996)

All he has are his wits... T.J. is all alone babysitting his forgetful Grandma Ruth the night of a murder and robbery at the bank. It's dark and quiet when T.J. and Grandma Ruth go to a neighbor's barn to feed the kittens -- and find the menacing stranger inside. He's armed and desperate -- and T...

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Spy Cat (2004)

Pete the cat can't actually talk to his owner, Alex, but he's a crime-solving cat, and he knows when things aren't right. And now, Pete knows something is wrong. Someone's been breaking into houses in the neighborhood, and they're not just stealing people's property&150they're kidnapping pets! Wh...

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Danger at the Fair (2002)

Ellen and Corey Streater from Terror at the Zoo and Horror at the Haunted House continue their adventures at a county fair. While chasing a pickpocket, Corey and Ellen wander into the River of Fear ride where they soon discover they are the ones being pursued. “The tension mounts deliciously as r...

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Five Pages a Day

During that time, I continued to write five pages daily and submit stories and articles. Gradually, I had fewer “dejections” and more acceptance letters. Because I love theater, I tried writing skits and one-act plays. When a few were published, I wrote more. I also kept writing both fiction and ...

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Abduction! (2006)

Matt asked. “School?” Denny looked blank. “It’s Monday. I go to school on Mondays. I’m supposed to be there by eight-fifteen.” “Not today. You won’t be going to school for a while.” “I’m almost done with kindergarten. I have to finish so I can graduate to first grade.” “You don’t have to go back....

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Trapped! (2008)

For some reason, my publisher thinks there should be a note here at the beginning to explain why a cat has written a book. If you ask me, no explanation is necessary, but nobody asked me. People never do. The humans think they are the ones in charge; we cats know better. This is the third book th...

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Dangerous Deception (2014)

Reed had us divide into our community service groups. “In half an hour,” she said, “I want each group to submit their first choice for a project.” Crystal Warren said, “There’s going to be a new TV show called The Biggest Helpers, about kids who do service projects. The gr...

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Horror at the Haunted House (2002)

“I’ve driven past the Clayton property dozens of times,” Grandma said. “I never thought I’d be on this side of the iron gates.” The long, curving driveway wound past a fountain. Water sprayed ten feet into the air while a sculpted cherub danced in the mist. Flower beds overflowed with gold and ru...

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Searching for Candlestick Park (1999)

It felt wonderful to sleep on a mattress, with a pillow under my head. I didn’t hear a thing until eight o’clock the next morning. I found Hank in the kitchen frying hash-brown potatoes while Foxey rolled around biting his piece of string. “You want to stick around a couple of days?” Hank asked. ...

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Shelter Dogs

Both parts are huge. The woman who brought him to the Humane Society had found him running loose on a busy street so she knew nothing about his background. She kept him while she ran a “Found” ad in the paper and put up posters, but nobody claimed Joey. There was no evidence that he had ever been...

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