Peak (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780152024178)

In this unputdownable, spine-tingling adventure of a lifetime called "a winner at every level,"* fourteen-year-old Peak Marcello attempts to be the youngest climber to summit Mount Everest.

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 an overseas climbing company.

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. It's also one that could cost him his life.

This thrilling teen climbing adventure is "the perfect antidote for kids who think books are boring" (Publishers Weekly starred review).

Roland Smith's Peak Marcello's Adventures are:

PeakThe EdgeAscentDescent

*Booklist, starred review

Author: Roland Smith
ISBN-10: 0152024174
ISBN-13: 9780152024178
Publisher: Clarion Books
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2007
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.86w x 0.86d

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

Award: Golden Sower Award - Honor Book
Award: Texas Lone Star Reading List - Commended
Award: National Outdoor Book Awards - Winner
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee
Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee
Award: Colorado Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Isinglass Teen Read Award - Nominee
Award: Oregon Book Awards - Finalist
Award: North Carolina Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Sequoyah Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Sequoyah Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Nevada Young Readers' Award - Winner
Award: Evergreen Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Iowa Teen Award - Nominee
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Nominee
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
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