''Earthquake Terror'' is a 1996 novel by

Peg Kehret Peg Kehret (born Margaret Ann Schulze on November 11, 1936) is an American author, primarily writing for children between the ages of 10 and 15. Life Margaret Ann Schulze was born on November 11, 1936, in La Crosse, Wisconsin. She contracted poli ...

. 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.

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 readers reactions to news reports of earthquakes. 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

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before cell phones became a necessity."

References

1996 novels American young adult novels Environmental fiction books Works about earthquakes {{1990s-ya-novel-stub