Escaping the Giant Wave - Hardcover

Kehret, Peg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 068985272X ISBN 13: 9780689852725

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2003

Synopsis

Having never seen the Pacific Ocean, thirteen-year-old Kyle was excited about his family vacation on the Oregon coast, yet when an earthquake hits, Kyle, remembering a lesson about earthquakes and tsunami waves, leads his sister to safety by bringing her high up a mountain before the wave strikes.

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About the Author

Peg Kehret's books for young readers are regularly recommended by theAmerican Library Association, the International Reading Association, and the Children's Book Council. She has won twenty-one children's state book awards, the Golden Kite Award from the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, the PEN Center West Award for Children's Literature, and the Henry Bergh Award from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Saving Lilly. A longtime volunteer at the Humane Society, she often uses animals in her stories.

Peg and her husband, Carl, live in a log house on ten acres of forest near Mount Rainier National Park. Their property is a sanctuary for blacktail deer, elk, rabbits, and many kinds of birds. When she is not writing, Peg likes to read, watch baseball, and pump her old player piano.

From AudioFile

When 13-year-old Kyle goes to the Oregon shore for a family vacation, little does he realize that disaster awaits. While babysitting his little sister, BeeBee, he must contend with a bullying classmate who is also on the trip, a wild storm, a fire in their ramshackle hotel, and an unexpected tsunami that swamps the coastline. Though Terry Bregy's tone is pleasant, his voice is not convincing as that of a stressed teenager who is facing multiple calamities. Breghy sounds earnest, grandfatherly, and occasionally sanctimonious--qualities that may be attributed in part to an improbable, clichéd plot. Despite these shortcomings, the listener does want to learn what happens to Kyle and his family. M.H.N. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 068985272X
• ISBN 13: 9780689852725
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160