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Peak

by Roland Smith

A young climber’s Everest challenge

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Awards & Recognition

  • Critical praise

    Publishers Weekly starred review

    Publishers Weekly starred review calls the book “the perfect antidote for kids who think books are boring.”

AlbakiReads Editorial

A young climber’s Everest challenge

After fourteen-year-old Peak Marcello is arrested for scaling a New York City skyscraper, he faces a choice between juvenile detention and living with his long-absent father, who runs a climbing company. The proposed Everest expedition brings their interests into tension: Peak sees a formidable climbing challenge, while his father hopes to make him the youngest person to reach the summit. The mountain’s danger gives the adventure a survival dimension, and Peak’s situation links ambition and family conflict to the risks of high-altitude climbing.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in action-and-adventure fiction.
  • Readers drawn to mountain-climbing and survival stories.
  • Readers interested in stories about strained family relationships and ambition.

Themes

Mountaineering and survivalFamily conflictAmbition and risk

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Book overview

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

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