Peg Kehret
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"Hugh's anger boiled as he hurried down the gravel road. He was angry at Darielle for breaking up with Smokey; he was angry at Smokey for not telling him, and for not having the sense to adjust their plans when his girlfriend backed out. Most of all, he was angry at Amy for making a fool of him by running away. Smokey intended to use his gun on Amy, and Hugh would not stop him. When it was time to collect the money and go, they would leave Amy behind--but...
7) Abduction!
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Thirteen-year-old Bonnie has a feeling of foreboding on the very day that her six-year-old brother Matt and their dog Pookie are abducted, and she becomes involved in a major search effort as well as a frightening adventure.
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Frightmares volume 4
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Rosie and Kayo's new Care Club project leads to a frightening kidnapping.
10) Backstage Fright
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The adventures of sixth-graders Rosie Saunders and Kayo Benton are always filled with plenty of suspense and excitement. In Backstage Fright, Rosie's dog, Bone Breath, has a part in the Oakwood Community Theater's latest production. While he shares the spotlight with the star, Rosie and her best friend, Kayo, will work backstage helping the director. But when Rosie finds a painting hidden deep in the theater's storeroom, suddenly the two girls are...
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Welcome to the world of the Frightmares books. Full of excitement and suspense, each will keep your heart pounding right until the end. Peg Kehret's popular series is creepy, but never grisly. It is a favorite of young readers across the country. Sixth graders Kayo and Rosie are on a motor home trip with Rosie's parents in the North Cascades National Park. The two girls can't resist a chance to hike high up into the hills, where they sight several...
12) Race to Disaster
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Sixth-graders Rosie and Kayo have a new Care Club project. They are taking Bone Breath, Rosie's dog, to the Oakwood Nursing Center to visit the residents. Old Mr. Winters is one of the girls' favorite people there, even if he does ramble on about crazy things, like seeing a man with a gun across the street. One night, when Rosie and Kayo watch the evening news, they discover that Mr. Winters isn't so crazy after all. A murder has occurred in the house...
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The Oakwood Doll Museum is one of six-graders Kayo and Rosie's favorite places. After thieves break into it one night, the girls are worried. Are the dolls okay? Is the French musical cat still there? When the girls rush to the site, they see that everything is all right-the police have scared away the burglars. While Kayo and Rosie enjoy the dolls, they hear strange music coming from a locked glass case. The musical cat is playing by itself! Could...
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Sixth-grader Kayo Benton and her friend Rosie are busy trying to find a good home for old Mrs. Tallie's cat, Muffin. But when Rosie gets a menacing phone call warning her to stay away from the old woman, the girls begin to realize that it isn't just the cat that needs help. In her stately mansion, Mrs. Tallie is getting sicker each day. Her gardener keeps chasing Kayo and Rosie away. And there's a poisonous plant sitting near Mrs. Tallie's garden....
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The police are on the alert. Vandals are attacking local schools with spray-paint and graffiti. When the gang's next target is Kayo and Rosie's elementary school, the two sixth-grade friends are angry and frightened by the senseless crime. Suddenly one night the two girls and their canine buddy, Bone Breath, surprise the vandals in action. In the silence, Bone Breath barks. As Kayo and Rosie run, they hear footsteps behind them. A hand reaches out...
16) Spy cat
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A series of burglaries in their quiet community upsets Alex's family, particularly his younger brother Benjie, but the bad guys are no match for the very protective family cat and Benjie's "spy" skills.
17) Runaway twin
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Thirteen-year-old Sunny, accompanied by a stray dog, takes advantage of a windfall to travel from her Nebraska foster home to Enumclaw, Washington, to find the twin sister from whom she was separated at age three.
18) Cages
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After losing an acting role and fighting with her alcoholic stepfather, Kit is arrested for shoplifting and ordered to work, as part of her sentence, at an animal shelter.
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[2010]
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Sixth-grader Rusty, determined to help an injured dog that is chained outdoors in frigid weather, calls animal control then takes matters into his own hands, aided by his best friend and a ghost collie that leads Rusty to an even deeper secret. Includes instructions for knitting cat blankets.
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[2012]
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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. She writes about animal rescue while providing facts about the animals and birds she meets. Mrs. Kehret also shares the tragedy of her husband's sudden death, and the pain of losing Pete, the shelter cat...
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