Terror at the Zoo

by Peg Kehret

Book Overview

With her third title from Minstrel Books, Kehret delivers another fast-moving and well-constructed tale (ALA Booklist) which is sure to please young readers of suspense. When Ellen and Corey camp out at the zoo overnight, their dream gift becomes a nightmare.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671793942
• ISBN13: 9780671793944
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Terror at the Zoo

The book is called Terror at the Zoo. The author is Peg Kehret. The main characters are Ellen & her brother Corey. The plot of the story is that ellen and Corey got a gift certificate for a camp out at the local zoo. Their grandparents will be taking them because their parents will be out of town. Days before, their grandma breaks her foot. Their parents say they will try to make it home to go with them. When that day does comes, her parents are not there. Ellen thinks that her parents will be home soon, so she writes a note, and her and her brother take a cab to the zoo. They wait for hours and their parents still don't show up. So they go into the zoo were their camp site is. They wait more and decide to explore the zoo. Afterall, they have never been in the zoo at night. When they are exporing they come across a escaped prisoner braking into the concession stand. The crook spots them, and now they are on the run for their lives. They encounter him many times. The zoo elaphants end up being the ones who save their lives. the police come, and the crook is arrested. The setting takes place in the zoo in modern day time. The theme of this story is courage and love. It is this because, they have to be courageous to survive. They also have to stick together, and work together to survive. I really liked this book because it kept you on your feet the whole time.

Terror at the Zoo

Terror At The Zoo This book is about two children, Ellen and Corey, when on their birthday they are given an overnight pass so they can stay the night at the zoo. They're excited, but when they find out that they are trapped in, and the pay phone is disconnected, they panic. It doesn't help that they hear sounds and see a........ Well you will have to read to find out what happens. This book will keep you on the edge of your seat because when you think that one thing will happen something totally different happens. I would defiantly recommend this book because I really enjoyed reading this suspenseful, high climax book. People who are mystery lovers and like a book that they can't put down will love Terror at the Zoo. I have learned from this book that you should always have a way to contact someone when you go somewhere.

So Awesome!

This book was a fantastic book!I loved it!It has funny parts, sad parts, and spooky parts.Peg Kehret uses very discriptive words, and uses very good ones.This book is so cool.I love scary books.This is the most coolest and scariest book I have ever read.I have read this book three times and I loved all those times.I also recommend this book nine to twelve years old kids.They would love it!

A very well written story

This was a great book about two children who go on an overnight and a mystery burglar comes and they spend the whole night running way from him.

A suspenceful story about a camp-out at the zoo gone wrong.

Ellen and her younger brother get a certificate to stay at the zoo for a night. They are so excited,but there is a mistake in the planning and the children and up staying at the zoo by themselves. Meanwhile another person thought it would be nice to hide in the zoo. He is Tony Haymes, a criminal who escaped from jail. He doesn't think anyone will be in the zoo at night and he can carry out his plan of kidnapping a baby monkey for ransom. He needs the money so he can run away to Mexico. Corey, who is Ellen's brother, loves to tell stories that are not true. Once at the zoo they see the criminal breaking into a snack bar. This is when they know somthing is not right. Ellen finally gets Corey vack to the tent to sleep. Corey wanted to play detective and watch the criminal. In the middle of the night Ellen wakes up to find that her brother is not laying right beside her. She goes out to look for him. Corey has gone to find the monkey cage, which is exactly where Tony is. The monkey runs away and Tony sees Corey. He decides to hold him for ransom instead. Finally Ellen finds them and she gets held captive too. Ellen eventually uses her power to comunicate with animals to save them and get Tony put back in jail. I liked this book because it was easy to read and had some funny parts in it. It also had some suspenceful parts in it. This book was hard to put down. I thought it was very interesting.