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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The epic account of the storm on the summit of Mt. Everest that claimed five lives and left countless more—including Krakauer's—in guilt-ridden disarray.
"A harrowing tale of the perils of high-altitude climbing, a story of bad luck and worse judgment and of heartbreaking heroism." —PEOPLE
A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer...
"A harrowing tale of the perils of high-altitude climbing, a story of bad luck and worse judgment and of heartbreaking heroism." —PEOPLE
A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2012, c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Four kids are prepared to go into thin air in order to become the youngest person ever to climb Everest. But they are not prepared for the challenges that await them as they get closer to the summit. Supplies are low. Conditions are extreme. One of the kids is trying to sabotage the others. And then the storm hits ..." -P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Four kids are prepared to go into thin air. Each one of them could break a record if they reach the top. And each one of them knows that standing at the summit is only half the battle-- they'll still have to come back down to earth. None of them is prepared for the challenges that await them as they get closer to the summit. Conditions are extreme. Supplies are low. The temperature is far below zero. And one of the kids is trying to sabotage the...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Teen
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"Eighteen-year-olds Rose and Tate are best friends and climbing buddies, and now they are embarking on the greatest climb of all--Mount Everest; but as the climbers encounter physical and emotional challenges the higher they go, the expedition starts to slide toward disaster, testing the teens' courage, determination, and their feelings for each other"--Provided by the publisher.
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Series
Publisher
Graphic Library is published by Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"On May 6, 1996, dozens of excited climbers set off to scale Mount Everest and to reach the tallest point on Earth. On the morning of May 10, the skies were clear. The summit was in sight. But hours later, a terrible storm hit. Eight climbers died as they became trapped near the peak. What went wrong, and how did the survivors manage to make it back alive? Told through the gripping, full-color graphic novel format, this Deadly Expeditions tale transports...
Author
Publisher
Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A hundred-year mystery lured veteran climber Mark Synnott, along with his friend Renan Ozturk, a filmmaker using drones, into an unlikely expedition up Mount Everest during the spring 2019 season that came to be known as "the Year Everest Broke." What he found was a gripping human story of impassioned characters from around the globe and a mountain that will consume your soul--and your life--if you let it. The mystery? On June 8, 1924, George Mallory...
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