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Everest volume 3
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
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.
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"A thrilling tale of high-altitude death and survival set on the snowy summits of Mount Everest, from the bestselling author of The Terror. It's 1924 and the race to summit the world's highest mountain has been brought to a terrified pause by the shocking disappearance of George Mallory and Sandy Irvine high on the shoulder of Mt. Everest. By the following year, three climbers -- a British poet and veteran of the Great War, a young French Chamonix...
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Series
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
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 get to the top.
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In the autumn of 1938, Germany's reichsfuhrer, Heinrich Himmler, is growing frustrated at the British using their regional power in India to block the passage of an SS expedition to Tibet. Determined to spite them, he plots to steal something the British hold dear and have failed for the seventh time that spring to achieve--a first summit of Mount Everest.Seventy years later, seasoned mountain guide Neil Quinn's ninth visit to the top of the world's...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Geronimo Stilton's true passion is writing tales of adventure. Here in New Mouse City, the capital of Mouse island, his books are bestsellers, his stories are full of fun-tastier than Swiss cheese and tangier than extra sharp cheddar. They are whisker licking-good stories and that's a promise. When his old Professor von Volt called to ask for help he agreed even though it meant trekking halfway around the world to Mouse Everest! The trip was long...
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
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 publisher.
12) Above All Things
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Pub. Date
2013.
Description
A tale inspired by the life and mysterious fate of George Mallory traces the experiences of his wife, Ruth, who in 1924 maintains a hopeful vigil in war-ravaged England during Mallory's fateful third expedition to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
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Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"In this mesmerizing debut, a young American discovers he may be heir to the unclaimed estate of an English World War I officer, which launches him on a quest across Europe to uncover the elusive truth. Just after graduating college, Tristan Campbell receives a letter delivered by special courier to his apartment in San Francisco. It contains the phone number of a Mr. J.F. Prichard of Twyning & Hooper, Solicitors, in London -- and news that could...
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Pub. Date
2017
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Description
Desperate to attract subscribers to his fledgling website, ex-adrenaline junkie Simon Newman undertakes two life-risking ventures, one in the notorious Cwm Pot caves and another scaling Everest, forcing him to test the limits of his morality and wits in order to survive.
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Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"A powerful, heart-wrenching debut novel about ambition, survival, and our responsibility toward one another. Dixon was once an Olympic-level runner. But he missed the team by two-tenths of a second, and ever since that pain decades ago, he hasn't allowed a goal to consume him. But when his charming older brother, Nate, suggests that they attempt to be the first Black American men to summit Mount Everest, Dixon can't refuse. The brothers are determined...
16) Everest
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Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
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.
Author
Series
Everest volume 2
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"El Everest. La montaña más alta de la Tierra. El mayor riesgo del mundo. Cuatro muchachos intentan llegar a la cumbre, pero el ascenso no es fácil. El tiempo is inclemente y la competencia es peor. Entonces sucede lo inesperado y la conquista de la montána se convierte en un rescate de vida o muerte. La supervivencia no está garabtuzada." - back cover
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Series
Crime through time volume 5
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Description
In 2007, fourteen-year-old Nick Fitzmorgan arrives home to find that his father has disappeared but has left clues, including blood on an MP-3 player and goofy song lyrics, that lead the young detective all the way to Mount Everest.
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