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1) Peak
Author
Series
Peak Marcello adventure volume 1
Lexile Measure
760L
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Summary
A fourteen-year-old boy attempts to be the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest.
2) The summit
Author
Series
Everest volume 03
Pub. Date
c2002
Lexile Measure
760L
Summary
"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
Series
Magic tree house volume 36
Lexile Measure
540L
Summary
The magic tree house is back with a message from Morgan le Fay telling Jack and Annie to seek out "The Gray Ghost" and listen to her story, and immediately they are whisked away to Nepal where they meet Tenzin, a climber who has recently lost his family, and who takes them up the mountain to meet a snow leopard and renew himself.
Author
Series
Secret agent Jack Stalwart volume 13
Pub. Date
[2011], p2011
Summary
Destination: Nepal. A plane carrying a team of scientists has gone missing over Mount Everest. They were thought to be carrying the first true Yeti skull ever recovered -- proof that the Abominable Snowman really existed. Can Jack and his fellow agents use their climbing skills to brave the highest mountain on earth and recover the priceless skull?
7) Everest
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Summary
As part of a group of young climbers trying to climb Mount Everest, the reader must make decisions that will ensure survival and success in reaching the summit.
8) The contest
Author
Series
Everest volume 1
Pub. Date
Ã2002.
Lexile Measure
750L
Summary
Who will be the youngest person ever to climb Mount Everest? It's the ultimate test of endurance and skill. The mountain has claimed the lives of many adults. Now kids are going to compete to break the record. Some are not ready for what they will face. And some will stop at nothing to reach the top. Dominic, Chris, Perry, Tilt, Sammi, Bryn, and Cameron compete with each other to be selected as part of a team of teenage climbers with the goal of ascending...
9) The climb
Author
Series
Pub. Date
Ã2002.
Lexile Measure
770L
Summary
"Everest. The ultimate climb. The greatest of risks. Four kids are on a quest to reach the top. But their ascent is not easy. The weather is harsh. The competition is harasher. Then the unexpected happens, and the climbing contest becomes a life-or-death rescue mission. No one is guaranteed to survive."--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Series
Children of the lamp volume 3
Pub. Date
2007
Lexile Measure
910L
Summary
Twelve-year-old djinn twins Philippa and John and their friend Dybbuk have further adventures as they travel the world in search of a priceless talisman.
Author
Summary
"I felt torn between two worlds. Each with its own mystery. One more captivating than the other, but the other more real and breathing." It took Lauren and her husband ten years to achieve their dream--reaching primitive tribes in remote regions of Nepal. But while Sam treks into the Himalayas for weeks at a time, finding passion and purpose in his work among the needy, Lauren and Ryan stay behind, their daily reality more taxing than inspiring. For...
