# Peg Kehret — books assigned in US schools

**10** books by Peg Kehret appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Grade span:** 3–10
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/peg-kehret
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- mystery and detective stories (2)
- adventure and adventurers, fiction
- arson
- aunts
- cats
- coal miners
- detective and mystery stories
- friendship
- ghost stories
- ghosts

## Genres

- Mystery (2)
- Children's
- Horror
- Realistic Fiction

## Every Peg Kehret title on file

- [Nightmare Mountain](https://readinglist.school/book/nightmare-mountain) _(Grades 3–6 · 1989)_
- [Terror at the Zoo](https://readinglist.school/book/terror-at-the-zoo) _(Grades 3–6 · 1992)_
- [Small Steps](https://readinglist.school/book/small-steps-the-year-i-got-polio) _(Grades 4–10 · 1996)_
- [The Stranger Next Door](https://readinglist.school/book/the-stranger-next-door) _(Grades 3–8 · 2002)_
- [The Ghost's Grave](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghosts-grave) _(Grades 3–8 · 2006)_
- [Stolen Children](https://readinglist.school/book/stolen-children) _(Grades 4–6 · 2009)_
- [Abduction](https://readinglist.school/book/abduction) _(Grades 3–6 · 2010)_
- [Ghost Dog Secrets](https://readinglist.school/book/ghost-dog-secrets) _(Grades 6–8 · 2011)_
- [Runaway Twin](https://readinglist.school/book/runaway-twin) _(Grades 4–6 · 2011)_
- [Escaping the Giant Wave](https://readinglist.school/book/escaping-the-giant-wave) _(Grades 3–6 · 2015)_

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