# Terror at the Zoo

**Author:** Peg Kehret
**Grade range:** Grades 3–6
**Age range:** 8–11
**First published:** 1992
**Page count:** 131
**Genre:** Mystery
**ISBN-13:** `9780786245116`
**ISBN-10:** `0671793942`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/terror-at-the-zoo
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Themes

- zoos in fiction
- zoos
- mystery and detective stories
- detective and mystery stories

## Where this book is assigned

### Iowa Children's Choice Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Iowa — [source: Iowa Children's Choice Award (ICCA) — Iowa's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 3-6): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.](https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/5606-iowa-children-s-choice-award)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Iowa — [source: Iowa Children's Choice Award (ICCA) — Iowa's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 3-6): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.](https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/5606-iowa-children-s-choice-award)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Iowa — [source: Iowa Children's Choice Award (ICCA) — Iowa's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 3-6): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.](https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/5606-iowa-children-s-choice-award)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Iowa — [source: Iowa Children's Choice Award (ICCA) — Iowa's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 3-6): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.](https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/5606-iowa-children-s-choice-award)

### Land of Enchantment Book Award

- **recommended** · 4th grade · New Mexico — [source: Land of Enchantment Book Award committee (NM Library Association) — official list of past winners 1981-2021 and 2026 winners — 1995 winner](https://sites.google.com/view/loe-book-award/resources)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · New Mexico — [source: Land of Enchantment Book Award committee (NM Library Association) — official list of past winners 1981-2021 and 2026 winners — 1995 winner](https://sites.google.com/view/loe-book-award/resources)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · New Mexico — [source: Land of Enchantment Book Award committee (NM Library Association) — official list of past winners 1981-2021 and 2026 winners — 1995 winner](https://sites.google.com/view/loe-book-award/resources)

### Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award

- **recommended** · 4th grade — [source: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 1995 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Reader%27s_Choice_Award)
- **recommended** · 5th grade — [source: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 1995 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Reader%27s_Choice_Award)
- **recommended** · 6th grade — [source: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 1995 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Reader%27s_Choice_Award)

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