Peg Kehret

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  • Bibliography:
    44 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1987
  • Latest Book:
    October 2014
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Full Series List in Order

Disaster

1 - The Blizzard Disaster (May-1998)
2 - The Volcano Disaster (Oct-1998)

Frightmares

1 - Cat Burglar on the Prowl (Jan-1995)
2 - Bone Breath and the Vandals (Mar-1995)
3 - Don't Go Near Mrs. Tallie (Aug-1995)
4 - Desert Danger (Oct-1995)
5 - The Ghost Followed Us Home (Jan-2009)
6 - Race to Disaster (Mar-1996)
7 - Screaming Eagles (Jan-2009)
8 - Backstage Fright (Jul-1996)

Pete the Cat

Spy Cat (Jun-2008)
The Stranger Next Door (Jun-2008)
Trapped! (Jun-2008)

Book List in Order: 44 titles

  • Deadly Stranger

    When Katie Osborne goes to visit her new friend Shannon Lindstrom, a stranger says Shannon's at her piano lesson. The next day Shannon is reported missing and Katie is the victim of a hit-and-run driver. Katie doesn't realize that she's the only one ...

  • Winner

  • Wedding Vows

  • Sisters, Long Ago

    When Willow Paige nearly drowns, she envisions scenes from a past life which lead to an exploration of reincarnation and mental telepathy and set her on a quest to help give hope and strength to her sister who has leukemia....

  • Cages

    Kit never means to steal the bracelet; it is just a dumb mistake. But when she is caught Kit is sentenced to twenty hours of volunteer work at the humane society. Kit knows how it feels to be stuck in a cage like those animals and soon she begins to ...

  • Nightmare Mountain

    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 i...

  • Terror at the Zoo

    RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! Ellen and Corey Streater couIdn't have asked for a better birthday present -- an overnight camp-out at the zoo. But their dream gift becomes a nightmare when darkness falls. No one comes and they're locked in with the most danger...

  • Night of Fear

    T.J., forced to make a perilous midnight ride with a dangerous criminal, relies on his ingenuity to attempt an escape so that he can rescue Alzheimer's-stricken Grandma Ruth. By the author of Nightmare Mountain.  ...

  • The Richest Kids in Town



  • Horror at the Haunted House

    A GHOST OF A CHANCE It was a job any kid would kill for: to play a role in the Historical Society's Haunted House Halloween fundraising event. Ellen Streater was thrilled to play Joan of Arc, burning at the stake. It was for a good cause -- to ben...

  • Cat Burglar on the Prowl

    Frightmares - 1

    Best friends Rosie and Kayo enter their cats in the local show--but someone steals Rosie's cat Webster and some super sleuthing is required. From the author of Nightmare Mountain and Terror at the Zoo. Simultaneous....

  • Danger at the Fair

    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 bein...

  • Bone Breath and the Vandals

    Frightmares - 2

    Pursuing their runaway dog, Bone Breath, when the latter rebels against obedience school, Rosie and Kayo come face-to-face with the Spray Paint Vandals, who promptly kidnap Rosie to keep her quiet, unaware that Bone Breath is a fierce protector. Simu...

  • Don't Go Near Mrs. Tallie

    Frightmares - 3

    Hoping to find a new home for a cat when its elderly owner can no longer care for it, Rosie Saunders becomes alarmed when a creepy phone caller warns her to stay away from Mrs. Tallie, who is becoming increasingly--and mysteriously--ill. Original....

  • Desert Danger

    Frightmares - 4

    Kidnapped!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, i...

  • Small Steps

    1996 Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction1997 ALA Notable Books for Children1997 Top Ten Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers1997 Pen Center USA West Literary Award1998 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award (Vermont)1998-1999 Mark Twain Award (Missouri)1...

  • Earthquake Terror

    STRANDED! From the beginning, Jonathan is spooked by the deserted island where his family is camping -- and his premonitions come true. After Jonathan's mother breaks her ankle, Jonathan and his younger sister Abby are left alone. Then a devastating...

  • Race to Disaster

    Frightmares - 6

    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 ram...

  • Backstage Fright

    Frightmares - 8

    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...



  • Searching for Candlestick Park

    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 -- ...

  • The Blizzard Disaster

    Disaster - 1

    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 ...

  • The Volcano Disaster

    Disaster - 2

    What started as a class assignment turns into much more than Warren Spalding and Betsy Tyler had bargained for? In The Volcano Disaster, Warren and Betsy are assigned a project about Mount Saint Hellions, but Warren ends up testing his grandfa...

  • The Flood Disaster

    Covering the Johnstown Flood of 1889, Warren and Betsy interview an elderly survivor rather than use their time-travel device, but when they learn of the gentleman's devastating loss during the flood, they attempt to change history...

  • I'm Not Who You Think I Am

    Who is the strange woman in the white car watching Ginger? She appears at Ginger's birthday party, at her school, and in front of her house, but Ginger has never met her before. When she confronts Ginger, she reveals a secret that will change Ginger'...

  • The Secret Journey

    After accidentally stowing away aboard a slave ship bound for Africa, twelve-year-old Emma Bolton is shipwrecked and left stranded on the African coast, where she survives with the help of chimpanzees and lizards. Reprint....

  • My Brother Made Me Do It

    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 ...

  • Don't Tell Anyone

    Megan makes daily visits to a vacant field to feed a group of feral cats. Then she learns that an apartment complex will be built on the property soon. Can Megan rescue the cats before the bulldozer levels their home? And is the man who offers to hel...

  • The Hideout

    In a moment of madness, Jeremy Holland's parents were killed by a gunman in a Seattle mall. Now he faces a new life with his uncle Ed, a man with a vastly different lifestyle from the one Jeremy is used to. As he sits on the train hurtling toward Ch...

  • Saving Lilly

    AGAINST All ODDS Erin Wrenn and her friend David are in big trouble because they refuse to go on a field trip to the Glitter Tent Circus. They wrote a report on the sad lives of circus animals and discovered that the Glitter Tent Circus is on...



  • Escaping the Giant Wave

    The worst vacation ever! Thirteen-year old Kyle thought spending a vacation on the Oregon coast with his family would be great. He'd never flown before, and he'd never seen the Pacific Ocean. Kyle's perfect vacation becomes a nightmare while he's b...

  • Abduction!

    DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS... When Matt leaves his kindergarten class for a quick trip to the bathroom, he never imagines what will happen next. He suddenly finds himself in a stranger's car traveling to an unfamiliar place. But who is this man, and is...

  • The Ghost's Grave

    What Josh thought would be the dullest summer of his life, spent with his eccentric 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...

  • Spy Cat

    Pete the Cat

    Pete the Cat's second adventure is full of wild antics and mystery-solving fun!A series of burglaries in their quiet community upsets Alex's family, particularly his younger brother Benjie. What would they do if their house were robbed? Pete is confi...

  • The Stranger Next Door

    Pete the Cat

    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 ...

  • Trapped!

    Pete the Cat

    A new Pete the Cat mystery! Alex and his friends witness a pig falling from a speeding red truck. Working with the police and an animal rescue group, the kids get permission to keep the pig. But after a local TV station runs a story about the rescue,...

  • The Ghost Followed Us Home

    Frightmares - 5

    Enjoying the antique doll display at the museum, Kayo Benton and Rosie Saunders are amazed when they encounter a ghost with a tragic secret just before they are trapped among the exhibits by a pair of ruthless thieves....

  • Screaming Eagles

    Frightmares - 7

    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 a...

  • Runaway Twin

    Sunny Skyland longs to be reunited with her twin sister, Starr. With only an old photograph, taken a few days before the girls were separated at age three, to guide her, Sunny begins the cross-country journey that she has dreamed of during her ten ye...

  • Stolen Children

    Amy learned a lot in her babysitting course, but not what to do if two thugs show up, intent on kidnapping. Armed with misinformation and a weapon, the men take Amy and little Kendra to a remote cabin in the woods. There they make videos of the girls...



  • Ghost Dog Secrets

    Each day, Rusty feeds a dog that's left chained in the frigid weather with no shelter and no food or water. When he realizes that the dog's been injured, Rusty and his friend Andrew unchain the dog and take it. Are they stealing, or are they rescuing...

  • The Poison Ring

    in Fear: 13 Stories of Suspense and Horror

    Don't turn out the lights. Don't go out alone. And whatever you do, don't let down your guard. Because your neighbors might seem normal, but why do they collect knives and eat their steaks so bloody? And when the boy of your dreams finally asks you o...

  • Animals Welcome

    A moving memoir from an award-winning author A mother cat and her kittens, shot with a pellet gun. A poacher illegally stalking a bear. Peg Kehret tells these true stories and more as she invites readers into her life on a small wildlife sanctuary...

  • Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio

    In a riveting story of courage and hope, Peg Kehret writes about months spent in a hospital when she was twelve, first struggling to survive a severe case of polio, then slowly learning to walk again....

  • Dangerous Deception

    Peg Kehret includes humor, animal rescue, and heart-pounding suspense in this story about good intentions gone wrong. Sixth-grader Emmy Rushford decides to provide food for a needy family, but the project turns perilous when Emmy must deal with a car...

Award-Winning Books by Peg Kehret

Abduction!
2006 Mark Twain Readers Award -- Grades 4-6
2008 Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award -- Children's
Earthquake Terror
1998 West Virginia Children's Book Award -- Children's
1999 Virginia Readers Choice Award -- Elementary
Escaping the Giant Wave
2005 Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award -- Children's
2006 Golden Sower Award -- Grades 4-6
2008 Young Hoosier Book Award -- Intermediate
The Ghost's Grave
2006 Great Stone Face Book Award -- Grades 4-6
2007 Volunteer State Book Award -- Grades 4-6
2008 Nevada Young Readers' Award -- Young Readers
2008 Sasquatch Award -- Children/Young Adult
2009 Sunshine State Young Reader's Award -- Grades 3-5
2009 Virginia Readers Choice Award -- Elementary
2009 Young Hoosier Book Award -- Intermediate
Nightmare Mountain
1993 Golden Sower Award -- Grades 4-6
1993 Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award -- Children's
Runaway Twin
2011 Mark Twain Readers Award -- Grades 4-6
2012 Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award -- Children's
Stolen Children
2010 Charlotte Award -- Intermediate
2010 Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award -- Children's
2010 Land of Enchantment Book Award -- Children's
2010 Mark Twain Readers Award -- Grades 4-6
2011 Golden Sower Award -- Intermediate
2012 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award -- Grades 6-8
2012 Nevada Young Readers' Award -- Young Readers
2012 Nutmeg Book Award -- Intermediate
Terror at the Zoo
1994 Land of Enchantment Book Award -- Children/Young Adult
1995 Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award -- Children's
1995 Young Reader's Choice Award -- Grades 4-8
The Volcano Disaster
2000 Sunshine State Young Reader's Award -- Grades 3-5


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Peg Kehret has published 44 books.

Peg Kehret does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Dangerous Deception, was published in October 2014.

The first book by Peg Kehret, Deadly Stranger, was published in June 1987.

Yes. Peg Kehret has 3 series.
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