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Book of the Week:
Peak
Roland Smith
"14-year-old New Yorker Peak Marcello would rather be climbing mountains, but settles for climbing and tagging skyscrapers. When he is caught scaling the Woolworth Building and thrown in Juvenile Detention, Peak's famous mountaineering father shows up in court and suggests that his son should spend some time away from the city. It is only days later--in Kathmandu--that Peak finally learns his dad's real plan: to promote a professional mountaineering guide service by pushing Peak to the top of Mount Everest as the youngest person to summit the mountain. To get to the top, Peak will need to simultaneously overcome the physical challenges of the mountain, cope with his mixed feelings about his dad, and dodge the political entanglements of Tibet, China, and Nepal. This book has been nominated for the 2009 Evergreen Award, which is decided by readers in grades 7-12. Participants must read 2 or more nominated books and vote for the best. The list of 2010 nominated books is found online: http://www.kcls.org/evergreen/nominees/index.cfm"
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