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'''''Earthquake Terror''''' by [[Peg Kehret]] tells the tale of how a boy named Jonathan has to help his crippled six-year-old sister Abby, during an earthquake while their parents are at a hospital. An excerpt of ''Earthquake Terror'' is currently used in the fifth grade language arts book by [[Houghton Mifflin]] in California <ref>[http://files.sjalisle.org/battleofbooks10/bb5.pdf Proof that this book is used by fifth graders]</ref>{{irrelevant citation|date=May 2014|reason=the source doesn't even mention grade 5 or "the fifth grade language arts books"; if over 1 sentence, use talk page.}}.
'''''Earthquake Terror''''' is a 1996 novel by [[Peg Kehret]]. It tells the tale of how a boy named Jonathan has to help his partially paralyzed six-year-old sister Abby, during an earthquake while their parents are at a hospital.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/peg-kehret/earthquake-terror/|title=EARTHQUAKE TERROR {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}</ref>

== Reception ==
In his review for ''Childhood Education'' in 1997, J. Robert Dornish described the story as "absolutely riveting", noting that it is likely to affect the reader's reactions to news reports of earthquakes.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dornish|first=J. Robert|date=1997|title=Earthquake Terror|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/210394147|journal=Childhood Education|volume=73|issue=5|pages=319|via=ProQuest}}</ref> In another review for the ''School Library Journal'', MaryAnn Karre, reviewing the audiobook version released in 2012, noted that "youngsters may find it hard to comprehend how the family could be so out of touch, but Peg Kehret wrote this story [in 1998] before cell phones became a necessity."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Karre|first=MaryAnn|date=December 1, 2012|title=Earthquake Terror|url=https://www.slj.com/?reviewDetail=earthquake-terror|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-22|website=School Library Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522052700/https://www.slj.com/?reviewDetail=earthquake-terror |archive-date=2021-05-22 }}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 13:46, 28 August 2024

Earthquake Terror
AuthorPeg Kehret

Earthquake Terror is a 1996 novel by Peg Kehret. It tells the tale of how a boy named Jonathan has to help his partially paralyzed six-year-old sister Abby, during an earthquake while their parents are at a hospital.[1]

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In his review for Childhood Education in 1997, J. Robert Dornish described the story as "absolutely riveting", noting that it is likely to affect the reader's reactions to news reports of earthquakes.[2] In another review for the School Library Journal, MaryAnn Karre, reviewing the audiobook version released in 2012, noted that "youngsters may find it hard to comprehend how the family could be so out of touch, but Peg Kehret wrote this story [in 1998] before cell phones became a necessity."[3]

References

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  1. ^ EARTHQUAKE TERROR | Kirkus Reviews.
  2. ^ Dornish, J. Robert (1997). "Earthquake Terror". Childhood Education. 73 (5): 319 – via ProQuest.
  3. ^ Karre, MaryAnn (December 1, 2012). "Earthquake Terror". School Library Journal. Archived from the original on 2021-05-22. Retrieved 2021-05-22.