Escaping the Giant Wave (Thorndike Large Print Literacy Bridge Series) - Hardcover

Kehret, Peg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 078625985X ISBN 13: 9780786259854

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2003

Synopsis

When an earthquake creates a tsunami while thirteen-year-old Kyle is babysitting his sister during a family vacation at a Pacific Coast resort, he tries to save himself, his sister, and a boy who has bullied him for years.

About this title

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 078625985X
• ISBN 13: 9780786259854
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 152