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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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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
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The peak of Mount Everest is the highest place on Earthand one of the deadliest. Terrible storms stop climbers in their tracks! Avalanches tumble down! Brave adventurers disappear on the snowy slopes. Then Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay decide to climb. They come from different cultures, but their dream is the same. Can teamwork help them make it to the roof of the world?
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