Peg Kehret
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Peg Kehret
Peg Kehret (born November 11, 1936, whose surname is pronounced like the English word carrot) is an American author, primarily writing for children between the ages of 8 and 14.
Kehret was born November 11, 1936 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. After a normal childhood, she developed a severe form of polio at age 12 in 1949 which paralyzed her and resulted in a nine-month hospital stay. Her experience of the illness changed Kehret's life, as she describes in her memoir Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio,[1] which won the 1998 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award.[2] In 1955, she married Carl Kehret; they moved to California and adopted two children, Bob and Anne. Before Kehret began writing children's books she wrote plays, radio commercials and magazine stories. In 1970, the Kehrets moved to Washington and Carl died April 28, 2004.She has written many more books
Works
- Escaping the Giant Wave (2012)
- 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 Terror
- 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 Am (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 Polio (1996)
- Spy Cat
- Stolen Children (2008)
- The Stranger Next Door
- Tell It Like It Is
- Terror at the Zoo
- Trapped
- The Volcano Disaster (1998)
- Vows of Love and Marriage
- Wedding Vows: How to Express Your Love in Your Own Words
- Winning Monologs for Young Actors (1985)
References
- ^ Kirkus Reviews Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio, October 15, 1996.
- ^ DCF Award—Past Winners
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