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Peg Kehret
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    Peg Kehret

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    Peg Kehret (born Margaret Ann Schulze on November 11, 1936) is an American author, primarily writing for children between the ages of 10 and 15.

    Life

    Margaret Ann Schulze was born on November 11, 1936, in La Crosse, Wisconsin. She contracted polio at age 12 in 1949. She had each of the three types of polio: spinal, respiratory, and the least common kind, bulbar. She was paralyzed from the neck down and had a nine-month hospital stay. The experience changed Kehret's life, as she describes in her 1996 memoir Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio. Kehret made a complete recovery, later graduating from Austin High School and then attending the University of Minnesota for one year. In 1955, she married Carl Kehret; they moved to California and adopted two children, Bob and Anne.

    In 1970, the Kehrets moved to Washington. Carl died in 2004. Kehret has four grandchildren: Brett, Chelsea, Eric, and Mark. She has a great-grandson, Seth, who also lives in Washington. Kehret currently resides near Mt. Rainier National Park.

    Career

    Before Kehret began writing children's books, she wrote plays, radio commercials and magazine stories. She has published forty-six works for middle school students, including four children's drama books. Some of Kehret's most famous works include Stolen Children, Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio, and Runaway Twin.

    Awards and recognition

    Peg Kehret's books for young people have earned a wide readership and critical acclaim. 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, her books have won more than fifty state young reader awards.

    Kehret's polio memoir received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews, 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 award recognized four of her books from 1999 to 2012: Abduction!, Runaway Twin, Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio, and Stolen Children.

    Selected works

    Fiction

    Disaster series

    1. The Volcano Disaster (Simon & Schuster, 1998) ISBN 9780671009694
    2. The Blizzard Disaster (Minstrel, 1998) ISBN 9780671009632
    3. Flood Disaster (Minstrel, 1999) ISBN 9780671009670

    Ellen and Corey series

    1. Terror at the Zoo (Dutton, 1992) ISBN 9780525650836
    2. Horror at the Haunted House (Dutton, 1992) ISBN 9780525651062
    3. Danger at the Fair (Dutton, 1995) ISBN 9780525651826

    Frightmares series

    1. Cat Burglar on the Prowl (Minstrel, 1995) ISBN 9780671891886
    2. Bone Breath and the Vandals (Simon & Schuster, 1995) ISBN 9780671891909
    3. Don't Go Near Mrs. Tallie (Minstrel, 1995) ISBN 9780671891916
    4. Desert Danger (Aladdin, 1995) ISBN 9780671891930
    5. The Ghost Followed Us Home (Minstrel, 1996) ISBN 9780671535216
    6. Race to Disaster (Minstrel, 1996) ISBN 9780671535247
    7. Screaming Eagles (Aladdin, 1996) ISBN 9780671535261
    8. Backstage Fright (Minstrel, 1996) ISBN 9780671535285

    Pete the Cat series

    1. The Stranger Next Door (Dutton, 2002) ISBN 9780525468295
    2. Spy Cat (Dutton, 2003) ISBN 9780142401514
    3. Trapped (Dutton, 2006) ISBN 9780525477280

    Drama

    • Let Him Sleep 'Till It's Time for His Funeral (Hanbury Plays, 1976), ISBN 9781852050139
    • Spirit! (Pioneer Drama Service, 1979)
    • Winning Monologues for Young Actors: 65 honest-to-life characterizations to delight young actors and audiences of all ages (Colorado Springs, CO: Meriwether Publishing, 1986) ISBN 9781439510230
    • Encore!: More Winning Monologues for Young Actors : 63 More Honest-to-Life Monologues for Teenage Boys and Girls (Meriwether, 1988) ISBN 9780916260545
    • Acting Natural (Meriwether Publishing, 1991) ISBN 9780916260842
    • Tell It Like It Is: Fifty Monologues for Talented Teens (Meriwether Publishing, 2007) ISBN 9781566081443

    Nonfiction

    Further reading

    External links


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