The only thing you'll 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 Peak's dangerous ascent--told in his own words--is suspenseful, immediate, and impossible to put down.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 05/01/2007
ISBN: 9780152024178
Pages: 246
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.86w x 0.86d
Award: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award - Nominee
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: North Carolina Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Golden Sower Award - Honor Book
Award: Nevada Young Readers' Award - Winner
Award: Oregon Book Awards - Finalist
Award: Iowa Teen Award - Nominee
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee
Award: Texas Lone Star Reading List - Commended
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Nominee
Award: Colorado Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Isinglass Teen Read Award - Nominee
Award: Sequoyah Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Sequoyah Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Evergreen Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: National Outdoor Book Awards - Winner
Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2007 pg. 56 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Kirkus Review - Children 05/01/2007 pg. 457
Booklist 04/01/2007 pg. 49
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2007 pg. 290
Kliatt 05/01/2007 pg. 20
Publishers Weekly 06/04/2007 pg. 51
School Library Journal 06/01/2007 pg. 160
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2007 pg. 486
Booklist 09/01/2007 pg. 132
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2007 pg. 355 - Superior,Well Above Average
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2008 pg. 12
ALA Best Books Young Adults 01/01/2008 pg. 1

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 114836 / Peak
Reading Level: 5 / Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus / Point Value: 9