Awards
- Winner of Nevada Young Readers' Award (Young Readers) 2012
Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Peg Kehret
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint: Penguin USA
Dimensions:
Width: 13.00cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 19.70cm
Weight: 0.133kg
ISBN: 9780142415139
ISBN 10: 0142415138
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 18 February 2010
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
?The story is fast-paced, plot-driven and involving. - Kirkus Reviews
The story is fast-paced, plot-driven and involving. - Kirkus Reviews ?The story is fast-paced, plot-driven and involving. - Kirkus Reviews The story is fast-paced, plot-driven and involving.... - Kirkus Reviews
?The story is fast-paced, plot-driven and involving. - Kirkus Reviews The story is fast-paced, plot-driven and involving. - Kirkus Reviews The story is fast-paced, plot-driven and involving.... - Kirkus Reviews
The story is fast-paced, plot-driven and involving. - Kirkus Reviews
The story is fast-paced, plot-driven and involving.... - Kirkus Reviews
Author Information
Peg Kehret was born in Wisconsin, grew up in Minnesota, spent fourteen years in California, and now lives with her husband in Washington State. They have two grown children, four grandchildren, one dog, and one cat.Peg's novels for children are regularly recommended by the American Library Association, the International Reading Association, and the Children's Book Council. She has won many state ""young reader"" or ""children's choice"" awards. Peg's characters are ordinary kids who find themselves in exciting situations and who use their wits to solve their problems. There is usually humor as well as suspense in her books. A long-time volunteer at The Humane Society, she often uses animals in her stories. Before she began writing books for children, Peg published plays, short stories, articles, and two books for adults. She is a frequent speaker at conferences for librarians and teachers. At the age of twelve, Peg had polio and was paralyzed from the neck down. Because she can remember that experience and her year of recovery so vividly, she finds it easy to write in the viewpoint of a twelve or thirteen year old. Most of her main characters are that age. Her autobiography, Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio, won the Golden Kite Award from the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, and the PEN Center USA West Award for Children's Literature. When she is not writing, Peg likes to watch baseball, bake cookies, and pump her old player piano.
