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by: Roland Smith
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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780545032032
ISBN: 0152024174
Label: Harcourt Children's Books
Manufacturer: Harcourt Children's Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: May 01, 2007
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
Reading Level: Young Adult
Sales Rank: 256284
Studio: Harcourt Children's Books
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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 a climbing company in Thailand. But Peak quickly learns that his father's renewed interest in him has strings attached. Big strings. He wants Peak 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. Peak is a novel readers won't be able to put down.
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Rating:  - "Into Thin Air" for Kids
Roland Smith's Everest adventure story, reading like a low-calorie version of Jon Krakauer's bestseller INTO THIN AIR, is sure to please the YA crowd, whether they are climbers real or vicarious. The 14-year-old protagonist, Peak Marcello, is the son of divorced climbers and finds himself switching from living with mom to living with dad when he must escape the US for a crime he commits in the opening pages (hint: think King Kong). His dad, Joshua Wood, is an expert climber and leads expeditions ... Read More
Rating:  - Most Boring Roland Smith Book Ever
I normally enjoy Roland Smith stories but this one was a boring book. It was so repetitive and so juvenile for its class that it made me want to go and jump of a mountain. This books plot was so limited and its format was so cheesy. Younger readers would like this book alot but I think it is a disappointment.
Rating: - What a thrill
This book is great! I teach middle school students where we do a One Book, One Community unit every year that the entire school gets involved with. I was very impressed with this book. It is a fast paced read that really intrigues the reader. I felt myself climbing Mt. Everest as I was reading. I feel honored that the author will be visiting our school later in the school year to meet with our staff and students.
Rating:  - PCE Student Review
My favorite book is Peak by Roland Smith. Peak is the main character. Peak has not seen his long lost father because he got a divorce with Peak's mom. His dad asks him if he wants to climb Mt. Everest. Peak says yes. But the reason that he is going is because he has to. First he was climbing a NY skyscraper and people found out. So they told the Police. So then he has two decisions, 1-go to Juvey or go climb Everest with his long lost father for a couple of months. His dad owns a climbing company in ... Read More
Rating: - PCE Student Review
My favorite book was Peak by Roland Smith.
Peak is about peak Marcello, who gets arrested for scaling a skyscraper with an understanding from the judge to live with his dad in Tibet, China not knowing his dad wants him to break a record for the first person
ever to reach Mt.Everest. The book is classified as an adventure. Smith's writing style is fast-paced, never boring, and a page-turner. I recommend this book for people ages 10-16. I love this book because it keeps going, never gets boring, ... Read More
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