Runaway Twin - Hardcover

Kehret, Peg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525421777 ISBN 13: 9780525421771

Publisher: Dutton Childrens Books, 2009

Synopsis

Separated from her twin at the age of three and sent to live in various foster homes, teenager Sunny Skyland sets out on a cross-country adventure to find her sister using only an old photograph as her guide; but when she manages to locate her twin, a whole new challenge emerges.

About this title

Review:

"Sunny is compelling and resourceful character whose adventures will keep readers turning the pages to see how things turn out." -School Library Journal

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Childrens Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0525421777
• ISBN 13: 9780525421771
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 197