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| Book #87 of 2010 |
| Title: Peak |
| Author: Roland Smith |
| Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books |
| Pub Date: May 1, 2007 |
| Grade: A- |
| Comments: Peak Marcello is the son of mountain climbers, but since he’s stuck in NYC most of the year, he’s started climbing the sides of skyscrapers to tag them. He gets caught, sent to juvie, and when his father who he hasn’t seen in seven years shows up at court, he convinces the judge to let him take Peak out of the country and out of the media spotlight. Peak thinks they are going to Thailand where his father lives, but the end up in Nepal. His father is in the middle of leading an Everest expedition and he wants Peak to be the youngest climber to reach the summit. The book covers Peak’s training with Sun-jo, the son of a Sherpa who is only a week older than Peak.
I was looking forward to reading this for a while (I was a big fan of Gordon Korman’s Everest trilogy) and was not disappointed. The characters in this are great, from Peak to his sisters and stepfather, and his developing relationships with Sun-jo, the reporter, and his father. There is a lot of suspense on the climb and Smith doesn’t gloss over some of the rougher aspects. |
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