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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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Description
Reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion, Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996. He hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours. As he turned to begin the perilous descent from 29,028 feet (roughly the cruising altitude of an Airbus jetliner), twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly to the top, unaware that the sky had begun to roil with clouds... This is the terrifying story of what...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Teen
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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.
Author
Series
Even the darkest stars volume 1
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
When River Shara, a great explorer, arrives in her village looking to hire Kamzin for his next expedition, she finds herself racing her sister and a rival explorer up the tallest and deadliest mountain in the Aryas.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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The author delves into the mystery of what happened to nine experienced hikers who died in 1959 in the Russian Ural Mountains. Eichar retraces the hikers' journey and provides an account, aided by access to the hikers' own journals and photographs, government records, and dozens of interviews.
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