Earthquake Terror By: Peg Kehret

Guess that word! Meet the Author: Peg Kehret                          Peg Kehret (pronounced "carrot") likes to write about ordinary kids who find themselves in extraordinary situations and use their wits to solve their problems — kids who are a lot like Kehret herself when she was growing up. At age 12, Kehret found out she had polio and became paralyzed from the neck down., Because she remembers that experience and her year of recovery so well, she says, she finds it easy to write from a kid's viewpoint. Kehret wrote her autobiography Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio, about that period in her life. Before she began writing for children, Kehret published plays, short stories, articles, and two books for adults. Guess that word!

(n)The remains of something broken or destroyed Debris (n)The remains of something broken or destroyed

(n) destruction or ruin Devastation There is so much that she is feeling extremely upset. (n) destruction or ruin

Fault (n) a break in a rock mass caused by a shifting of the earth’s crust

Impact (n) the striking of one body against another

(n) a sudden jerk or bump Jolt (n) a sudden jerk or bump

(v) shook, vibrated, or quivered Shuddered (v) shook, vibrated, or quivered

(adj.) easily or capable of being affected Susceptible (adj.) easily or capable of being affected If we live near a fault, we are ____________________ to many earthquakes.

Undulating (v.) moving in waves or with a smooth, wavy motion

Upheaval al + + (n) a lifting or upward movement of the earth’s crust Look here (n) a lifting or upward movement of the earth’s crust al + +