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"A powerful, heart-wrenching debut novel about ambition, survival, and our responsibility toward one another. Dixon was once an Olympic-level runner. But he missed the team by two-tenths of a second, and ever since that pain decades ago, he hasn't allowed a goal to consume him. But when his charming older brother, Nate, suggests that they attempt to be the first Black American men to summit Mount Everest, Dixon can't refuse. The brothers are determined...

"Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary each tell their story, culminating in their thrilling ascent of Mount Everest. Tenzing Norgay grew up in Nepal, herding yaks in the shadow of Chomolungma, the mountain also known as Everest. He has always dreamed of climbing to the top. He becomes a guide, leading treks through the Himalayas, and finally attempts the highest mountain himself, but doesn't make it. Across the ocean, in New Zealand, Edmund Hillary...

"Four kids are prepared to go into thin air in order to become the youngest person ever to climb Everest. But they are not prepared for the challenges that await them as they get closer to the summit. Supplies are low. Conditions are extreme. One of the kids is trying to sabotage the others. And then the storm hits ..."--Page 4 of cover.

A fourteen-year-old boy attempts to be the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest.

They come from all across America to be the youngest kid ever to climb Everest. But only one will reach the top first, and all that separates the living from the dead is chance, bravery, and action.

"When Yi stumbles upon a sacred yeti hiding on her roof, she knows exactly what she must do...She has to help him make the journey home. But for Everest the Yeti is three thousand miles away in the Himalayan mountains. It's going to be a long journey...one that will reinforce to both of them the true meaning of home."--Page [4] of cover.