Peak (A Peak Marcello Adventure)

After Peak is caught climbing the Woolworth Building, an angry judge gives him probation, with an understanding that Peak will leave New York and live with his famous mountaineer father in Thailand. Peak soon learns, however, that his father has other plans for him; he hopes that Peak will become the youngest person to climb Mt. Everest. Peak is whisked off to Tibet and finds himself in the complex world of an Everest base camp, where large amounts of money are at stake and climbing operations offer people an often-deadly shot at the summit.

the emotional, Tension-filled story Of A fourteen-year-old Boy's Attempt To Be The Youngest Person To Reach The Top Of Mount Everest

publishers Weekly

here's The Perfect Antidote For A Kid Who Thinks Books Are Boring. In His Latest, Smith (cryptid Hunters) Introduces 14-year-old Peak Marcello (named By His Mountaineering Parents) As He's Arrested For Scaling Manhattan's Woolworth Building, In An Attempt To Graffiti His Tag-a Blue Mountain Peak-high On The Side Of It. Peak Is Headed For A Long Stint In Juvie When His Estranged Father Swoops Into The Courtroom With A Solution That Will Get The Media's Newest Darling-the Papers Have Dubbed Peak Spider Boy-immediately And Far Out Of Sight. Before The Trek To China, Where Peak's Father Runs A Commercial Climbing Operation On The Tibetan Side Of Mount Everest, Peak's English Teacher, Vincent, Gives Him Two Notebooks To Fill, Which Will Complete His Requirements For The School Year. This Conceit Allows Peak To Tell His Story In His Own Wry Voice And To Share Lots Of Vincent's Advice. A Good Writer Should Draw The Reader In By Starting In The Middle Of The Story With A hook, Peak Recalls. I Guess Vincent Thinks Readers Are Fish. The Hook Here Is Irresistible-peak Will Try To Become The Youngest Person Ever To Scale Everest-overcoming Chinese Bureaucrats, Resentment Of His Father, Rivalry With A Nepalese Teen Who Has The Same Goal, Avalanches, Icy Crevasses, Howling Winds, Searing Cold And Many, Many Frozen Corpses To Reach The 29,028-foot Summit. The Nifty Plotting, Gripping Story Line And Peak's Assured Delivery Give Those Who Join This Expedition Much To Savor. Ages 12-up. (may)

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The only thing youll find on the summit of Mount Everest is a divine view. The things that really matter lie far below. Peak Marcello After fourteen-year-old Peak Marcello is arrested for scaling a New York City skyscraper, he's left with two choices: wither away in Juvenile Detention or go live with his long-lost father, who runs a climbing company in Thailand. But Peak quickly learns that his father's renewed interest in him has strings attached. Big strings. As owner of Peak Expeditions, he wants his son to be the youngest person to reach the Everest summit--and his motives are selfish at best. Even so, for a climbing addict like Peak, tackling Everest is the challenge of a lifetime. But it's also one that could cost him his life. Roland Smith has created an action-packed adventure about friendship, sacrifice, family, and the drive to take on Everest, despite the incredible risk. The story of Peaks dangerous ascenttold in his own wordsis suspenseful, immediate, and impossible to put down. In this unputdownable, spine-tingling adventure of a lifetime called “a winner at every level,”• fourteen-year-old Peak Marcello attempts to be the youngest climber to summit Mount Everest. After Peak Marcello is arrested for scaling a New York City skyscraper, he's left with two choices: wither away in juvenile detention or go live with his long-lost father, who runs an overseas climbing company.But Peak quickly learns that his father's renewed interest in him has strings attached. Big strings. As owner of Peak Expeditions, he wants his son to be the youngest person to reach the Everest summit—and his motives are selfish at best. Even so, for a climbing addict like Peak, tackling Everest is the challenge of a lifetime. It's also one that could cost him his life.This thrilling teen climbing adventure is'the perfect antidote for kids who think books are boring'(Publishers Weekly starred review).Roland Smith's Peak Marcello's Adventures are:PeakThe EdgeAscentDescent•Booklist, starred review