Escaping the Giant Wave

1. Escaping the Giant Wave Author: Peg Kehret Power point by: Kaylee Pages:151 This is a picture of Escaping the Giant Wave!!! * *

2. Settings • Kansas • The Oregon Coast • Middle School ( NO NAME) • Plane N W E S This is a picture of Oregon This means that they went to the west!!!

3. Characters • Kyle • Bee-Bee • Mom • Dad • Daren • Bellhop • Room service man • Daren’s Mom • Daren’s Dad • Mrs. Hoke • Kyle’s Grandma • Kyle’s Grandpa

4. Plot/Summary Kyle and Bee-Bee found out that they were going on vacation because their parents thought it was time for a vacation. Something I found funny in my book is that when they were planning mom said “we can walk on a beach. No Kyle said “we can walk through a Cheese Factory.” So they went to catch their flight!! When they got to their hotel the bellhop told them that 3 presidents have stayed at this hotel. Then one evening Kyle is left in charge of his younger sister, Bee-Bee, while his parents attend an adults-only Salesman of the Year dinner on an elegant yacht. There’s a tsunami warning. Kyle said “Let’s get out of the hotel quick and get on high land.”There was a fire somewhere because there is a smoky hallway. “Run!” “No Wait!” Kyle said “I see something laying on the ground it was Daren he had fainted.” By the way Daren is Kyle’s best friend. Let’s grab his feet and his arms and carry him down the stairs. Ok Kyle and Bee-Bee got out safely. Let’s get on high land quick. When we got to high land we heard cows. Then these people came up to us and said that there a tsunami warning. Read the BOOK to find out if they make it.

5. My favorite part… My favorite part was in the beginning the first part when Kyle and Bee-Bee found out that they were going to the Oregon coast!!!

6. About Peg Kehret Peg Kehret has won dozens of state Young Reader awards as well as the PEN Center Award in Children's Literature, the Golden Kite Award from the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators, and the Henry Bergh Award from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA.)For many years Peg and Carl traveled around the U.S. in their motorhome with their pets on board so that she could speak at schools, libraries, and children’s literature conferences.Carl died in 2004. They were married for forty-eight happy years. Peg’s children are grown and married, and she has four grandchildren – Brett, Chelsea, Eric, and Mark – all of whom live in Washington State.Peg is a long-time volunteer for animal welfare causes, working with the Humane Society and Pasado’s Safe Haven. She has a dog, Lucy, and two cats, Molly and Mr. Stray. All are rescued animals. Peg’s home is a log house on a ten acre wildlife sanctuary near Mount Rainier National Park. She often sees deer and elk from her window. When she isn’t writing, Peg likes to read, watch baseball and gymnastics, play with her animals, and invite her grandkids to visit.

7. (Continued) • PEG KEHRET   Important dates • Born:  Nov. 11, 1936, in LaCrosse, WI • Diagnosed with polio: 1948 • Graduated from high school:  1954 • Married Carl Kehret:  July 2, 1955 • Son born:  1959 • Daughter born:  1961 • First book published: 1979 • First book for children published: 1985 • First Children’s Book Award: 1986 • Births of grandchildren: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 • Death of Carl: April 28, 2004 Information from: http://www.pegkehret.com/Biography.html

8. This is a picture of Peg Kehret and her husband and dog!!!!!

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