Background
Peg Kehret was born on November 11, 1936, in La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States to Arthur Robert and Elizabeth (Showers) Schulze.
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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 desperate, he drags them to the top of a nearby mountain - and triggers an avalanche with a gunshot. Can they make it down the mountain alive?
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Recklessly she threw herself from the moving truck and ran into the desert, pursued by the kidnapper who had just snatched her best friend, Kayo Benton. Desperate, Rosie Saunders fled, far from the campground and her unsuspecting parents, into the desolate Arizona wasteland. the perfect vacation had suddenly become a nightmare. Rosie was running for her life, with only her wits as weapons, determined to save herself and rescue Kayo at any cost...
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(Seeking to raise funds to visit his friend back home, Pet...)
Seeking to raise funds to visit his friend back home, Peter Dodge hooks up with Wishbone Wyoming and formulates such fantastic plans as the Great Rubber Duck Race and a couch potatoes club. Reprint. SLJ. K.
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( The Oakwood Doll Museum is one of six-graders Kayo and ...)
The Oakwood Doll Museum is one of six-graders Kayo and Rosie's favorite places. After thieves break into it one night, the girls are worried. Are the dolls okay? Is the French musical cat still there? When the girls rush to the site, they see that everything is all right - the police have scared away the burglars. While Kayo and Rosie enjoy the dolls, they hear strange music coming from a locked glass case. The musical cat is playing by itself! Could there be a ghost in the Oakwood Doll Museum? Award-winning author Peg Kehret creates fast-paced, spine-tingling adventures for young listeners in her Frightmares series. You will hold your breath with Kayo and Rosie while they solve the spooky mystery in The Ghost Followed Us Home.
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(Warren Spaulding and Betsy Tyler have teleported themselv...)
Warren Spaulding and Betsy Tyler have teleported themselves back to Minnesota, 1940, to see the Blizzard of the Century and write an eyewitness class report. But their interest in the storm turns to horror when they realize that the Instant Commuter is frozen!.
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(It takes a dog to smell danger! Before Rosie could stop ...)
It takes a dog to smell danger! Before Rosie could stop him, Bone Breath shot out from behind the car where she and Kayo hid and began barking at the vandals who were destroying the school statue. Recklessly, Rosie tried to rescue Bone Breath -- only to be caught by the vandals herself! They're big. They're bad. And they're determined to make sure she disappears. Rosie's running for her life -- hoping her best friend Kayo can bring help before it's too late!
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(If there’s a mystery to be solved, Pete’s your man. Er, y...)
If there’s a mystery to be solved, Pete’s your man. Er, your cat. Pete’s a cat, specifically, Alex’s cat. And since Alex and his family moved into a new housing development, Pete is Alex’s only friend. Things start looking up for Alex when Rocky moves in next door. But Rocky isn’t very friendly, and Alex starts to suspect he’s hiding something. And when the neighborhood is terrorized by a rash of fires and vandalism, Pete knows that he’s got to investigate.
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(Life has been tough for Spencer since his dad left. His m...)
Life has been tough for Spencer since his dad left. His mom complains constantly, they never seem to have enough money, and they're always having to move. He knows his father works for the Giants baseball team and lives somewhere in San Francisco--and Spencer's sure that if he can somehow get there, his dad will take him in. But California is a long, dangerous way from Seattle if you've only got fourteen dollars, you're twelve?and you're alone.
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(Bright lights and dark deeds! Bone Breath is a star! Rosi...)
Bright lights and dark deeds! Bone Breath is a star! Rosie Saunders and Kayo Benton are thrilled when their new friend Kyle Guthrie recommends Rosie's dog for a carry-on part in Pirate's Plunder at the Oakwood Community Theatre. The girls are so busy working backstage that they nearly forget about the scandal at the Oakwood Art Museum. The museum's most valuable painting is a forgery! But when Rosie finds a Van Gogh painting in the theatre's storeroom, she knows the thief is too close for comfort. Is this painting real...or is it another fake? Someone is willing to do anything to conceal the crime...and if they don't act quickly, Rosie, Kayo, and Kyle will become the next victims!
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(Mountain terror! Rosie Saunders and Kayo Benton were in ...)
Mountain terror! Rosie Saunders and Kayo Benton were in the woods, watching bald eagles through their binoculars, when they saw the red-jacketed man climbing below the nest. Suddenly he reached up, snatched an eaglet and scrambled down the mountain as two eagles screamed above. Rosie and Kayo rushed from their hiding place, desperate to follow the poacher and free the endangered eaglet. But soon they were lost in the dense wilderness of the Cascade Mountains -- tired, thirsty, and scared. That's when they saw the cabin filled with stuffed birds -- and the poacher, who vowed to stop them in their tracks...
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(Warren Spaulding and Betsy Tyler are supposed to be worki...)
Warren Spaulding and Betsy Tyler are supposed to be working on a class project about Mount St. Helens. Instead Warren is busy testing his grandfather's latest invention--the Instant Commuter. Suddenly, he is teleported back to the morning of the eruption and he has no way of getting back home!.
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(Thirteen-year-old Sunny runs away from her current foster...)
Thirteen-year-old Sunny runs away from her current foster parent in search of her twin sister, from whom she was separated ten years earlier. On the way, she'll face a tornado, bullies, and a stray dog- and the fact that her sister may not be who Sunny hoped she would be.
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A collection of true stories about the amazing lives of eight shelter dogs. Many of these dogs were unwanted because of their size, behavior, or medical condition. All of the dogs found owners who loved and cared for them.
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(Oh, BRRRRROTHER! Hi. I'm Julie Welsh. My nine-year-old ...)
Oh, BRRRRROTHER! Hi. I'm Julie Welsh. My nine-year-old brother is always cooking up schemes...and I get blamed. Because I'm older. Eleven, to be exact. But Frankie has his good points too, as I told Mrs. Kaplan, my 89-year-ald pen pal, who lives in Kansas. I write Mrs. Kaplan about everything. Even my secrets. She was the first one I told about my juvenile arthritis. Mrs. Kaplan understands everything. She has arthritis too. I was feeling tired and achy all the time, and discouraged. Then Mrs. Kaplan gave me ideas about running for student council, and though I could barely lift my legs, Frankie made me want to compete in a fun run. Just when I thought my life was a permanent time-out, you'll never believe what happened....
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(Each day, sixth-grader Rusty feeds a dog that's left chai...)
Each day, sixth-grader Rusty feeds a dog that's left chained in the frigid weather with no shelter, food, or water. When he realizes the dog has been injured, he tries to have Animal Control help - but when that fails, Rusty and his friend Andrew unchain the dog and take it. With the dog in their hideout, the boys face multiple challenges, including Andrew's snoopy sister and the escalating threats of the dog's abusive owner. Even more challenging? The appearance of a ghost dog that appears in Rusty's room, and is trying to lead him to an even deeper secret. . . . Peg Kehret delivers another fast-paced story with lots of heart, which will leave young readers cheering for Rusty and the dogs. "Heartwarming, suspenseful, and adventurous, Ghost Dog Secrets is another winner for Kehret." - VOYA "This tale is both heart-wrenching and heart-racing." - The News Tribune
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(When Amy agreed to baby-sit Kendra Edgerton, she had no i...)
When Amy agreed to baby-sit Kendra Edgerton, she had no idea she was stepping into a kidnapping plot. Two men force the girls out of the house and into a cabin in the woods, where they create DVDs to send to the families, in hopes of a large ransom from Kendra's wealthy parents. Using her wits and imagination, Amy stealthily sends clues to the police through the DVDs, but time is working against her: She has one week until her captors decide to return Kendra and get rid of Amy.
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After nearly drowning in Pinecone Lake, thirteen-year-old Willow begins experiencing strange visions that lead her to believe that she led a former life in Egypt. By the author of Nightmare Mountain. Reprint.
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When Corey witnesses a pickpocket at the county fair, he decides to follow the man, leading to terror for Corey and his older sister Ellen when the desperate pickpocket stalks them through the fair's scary River of Fear ride.
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Bone Breath to the rescue! Bone Breath is now called Dr. Dog! Rosie Saunders' pet has become Oakwood Nursing Center's favorite visitor. But one day when Rosie and her friend Kayo Benton are making a "pet therapy" visit to Oakwood, old Mr. Winters rambles on about "the mustache man" with a gun. They pay no attention...until the night's news. A man in the house across from Oakwood has been shot -- and senile Mr. Winter is the only witness! The next day he's missing. Rosie and Kayo race to find him. But suddenly, they're prisoners themselves!
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Peg Kehret was born on November 11, 1936, in La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States to Arthur Robert and Elizabeth (Showers) Schulze.
Kehret's idyllic childhood was shattered when she contracted polio in the seventh grade. As a result, she was paralyzed from the neck down and told that she would never walk again. But she made almost a complete recovery.
Kehret briefly attended the University of Minnesota.
Kehret began writing in the early 1970s, spurred on by further work in community theater as well as her interest in research of various sorts. She began selling magazine stories, eventually logging over 300 of them before turning her hand to lengthier works. There followed one-act and full-length plays, including the awardwinning Spirit!, as well as two adult nonfiction titles, before she began writing books for young people. Her initial juvenile title, Winning Monologs for Young Actors, appeared in 1986 and was followed by her first novel for young people, Deadly Stranger. The story of a kidnaping, this novel was dubbed a "cliffhanger" by a Kirkus Reviews contributor.
Another popular early title from Kehret is Nightmare Mountain, a thriller involving young Molly and her visit to her aunt's ranch at the foot of Mt. Baker.
One of Kehret's personal favorites, Cages, allowed her to write about a passion of hers, the Humane Society. As Andrea Davidson noted in Voice of Youth Advocates, the book "will appeal to young teen readers interested in getting out of the 'cages' represented by their problems." School Library Journal reviewer Sylvia V. Meisner concluded that Kit's determination to set herself free from "the cages of alcohol enablement, jealousy, and, ultimately, the secret of her crime make her an appealing protagonist."
Kehret's best-selling paperback book to date is the 1992 Terror at the Zoo, the story of an overnight campout at the zoo which goes very wrong. Another 1992 title is Horror at the Haunted House, which continues the adventures of Ellen and Corey from Terror at the Zoo.
Two other personal favorites of Kehret are The Richest Kids in Town and Searching for Candlestick Park. The former title is a departure for Kehret; a comic novel about Peter's money-making ventures that all go wrong.
With Earthquake Terror, Kehret returned to her more usual thriller format.
Kehret has also authored several titles in the "Frightmare" series, a competitor to the popular "Goosebumps" books. Her books feature friends Rosie and Kayo who get involved in all manner of adventures and mysteries, from solving a kidnapping in Arizona in Desert Danger to solving a possible poisoning in Don't Go Near Mrs. Tallie to discovering vandals in the school with the help of a pet in Bone Breath and the Vandals. Using youthful protagonists Warren and Betsy, Kehret has also employed time travel to set up thrilling stories, as in The Volcano Disaster, in which Warren must survive the eruption of Mount St. Helens. Booklist's Peterson, reviewing Bone Breath and the Vandals, noted that "Kehret delivers some likable characters and a thrilling plot that won't disappoint suspense fans."
Nonfiction for children has also received the Kehret touch. Of her several books of monologues for young actors, one of the most popular is Acting Natural: Monologs, Dialogs, and Playlets for Teens. "A wide range of topics is addressed in this sourcebook of 60 original scenes and monologues," noted Dianne G. Mahony in School Library Journal. Donna Houser commented in Voice of Youth Advocates that "all sections have their own merit because they deal with problems that are relevant to today's youth."
Kehret details her own battle with the paralyzing aftereffects of polio in her award-winning Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio. Kehret describes the Progress of the illness, the paralysis, and her slow recovery.
She currently resides near Mt. Rainier National Park in Washington State.
Kehret is a prolific author who has a well-deserved reputation for writing good, solid thrillers for middle-graders. She has amassed a large body of work and a legion loyal fans - both girls and boys. Blending exciting action, likable characlers, and hi-lo language, Kehret writes books that lead her readers on to more difficult fiction and nonfiction.
Among her many honors are the Pen Center West Award in Children's Literature, the Golden Kite Award from the Society of Children's Book Writers and illustrators, Children's Choice Awards from 29 states, the Forest Roberts Playwriting Award, and the Henry Bergh Award from the ASPCA. Many for her books have been selected by the American Library Association for its Recommended Books for Reluctant Readers. In total, Peg's books have won more than fifty state young reader awards. Kehret and her polio memoir won the 1998 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, annually determined by a vote of Vermont schoolchildren, and the 1999 Mark Twain Readers Award, a similar annual book award determined by a vote of Missouri schoolchildren in grades 4 to 6. The Missouri award recognized four of her books from 1999 to 2012 (marked below by double dagger, double-dagger).
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Quotations: "I do what I love and get paid for it. It's fun to use my creativity and I like being my own boss. Writing is hard work, but when one of my books wins an award, it's worth it."
Peg likes reading, gardening, antiques, watching baseball, animals, cooking.
Peg married Carl E. Kehret, a player-piano restorer, on July 2, 1955. Carl died in 2004. She has two children: Bob C., Anne M. Carl and Peg had a wonderful forty-eight years of marriage. Her grandchildren - Brett, Chelsea, Eric, and Mark have since then grown up. She also has a great grandson, Seth, who also lives in Washington.
