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Peak (2007) (edit title/settings)

by Roland Smith (Author) (edit contributors)

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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 father, who runs a climbing company in Thailand. His choice is obvious. But Peak quickly learns that his father's renewed interest in him... read more

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This is a story about a boy named Peak, who loves climbing. He climbs up the side of a skyscraper and is caught. To avoid juvenile detention he accepts his dad's offer to go to Thailand with him. In Asia, Peak's dad brings him to kathmandu they attempt climb mt. everest and make it to the top... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

This is a story about a boy named Peak, who loves climbing. He climbs up the side of a skyscraper and is caught. To avoid juvenile detention he accepts his dad's offer to go to Thailand with him. In Asia, Peak's dad brings him to kathmandu they attempt climb mt. everest and make it to the top of the world peak and his father have the father son experience that they never had in peaks life he meets all these new people learns climbing techniques and breathing therapy. Will Peak make it to the summit? And will he be able to make it to the summit without dying or injuries?

Characters/People edit see section history

  • Peak Marcello: Peak is a boy who is facing problems at home, so he accepts an offer to live with his real father for a while.
  • josh: the father of peak that also enjoys to climb he left his son when he was just a young boy so he moved to thailand has to take his son peak marcillo to live with him according to the court it was either that or juvie
  • Rolf: His step-father. Peak runs away from him
  • Zopa: A very wise and "cagey" Sherpa who offers his guidance to Peak.
  • Holly Angelo: Journalist from New York City; she is only interested in her self
  • Vincent: Peak's liturature teacher that assigns Peak to write a story.
  • Yash: Flat, static character
  • Thaddeus: The author’s purpose was to tell you all about a teenager that spent time climbing mount everest with his long lost father also so he could be the youngest person to be 29,000ft in air, at the age of fourteen years old.
  • Patrice: One of Peak's twin sisters. Peak calls his sisters "Pea-Pea" (It makes them laugh). She is 6 years old.
  • Paula: One of Peak's twin sisters. Peak calls his sisters "Pea-Pea" (It makes them laugh). She is 6 years old.
  • Traci: Peak's Attorney
  • Leah Krieger: Doctor traveling with Josh's company.
  • Francis: Gets a case of HAPE while climbing to ABC and goes back down after being told by Krieger that he can't climb to the summit.
  • peak: a 14 year old boy that has a single mother left by his father that never came back when he was just a boy he enjoys climbing skyscarpers anything that has a high altitude he likes to climb its his passion. he gets in trouble for scaling a skyscraper so he has a choice to go to the juvenile detention center or go live with his dad in thailand. he has to make a choice go with the man that abandoned him or go to juvenile detention center
  • Sparky: Josh's radio operator.
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  • The only thing you'll find on the summit of Mount Everest is a divine view. The things that really matter lie far below.
    Highlighted by 31 Kindle customers
  • When you do your research write down whatever interests you. Whatever stimulates your imagination. Whatever seems important. A story is built like a stone wall. Not all the stones will fit. Some will have to be discarded. Some broken and reshaped. When you finish the wall it may not look exactly like the wall you envisioned, but it will keep the livestock in and the predators out.
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  • You can never tell who the mountain will allow and who it will not.
    Highlighted by 23 Kindle customers
  • 'Tomorrow's your birthday. You have a reason to be here, Sun-jo. An important reason. Your future and your sisters' future. I don't have a reason for being here. I'm heading back down the north side.'
    Highlighted by 20 Kindle customers
  • For a climber, saying that you are stopping by Everest is like saying you're going to stop by and see God.
    Highlighted by 19 Kindle customers
  • that what makes a story unique is not necessarily the information in the story but what the writer chooses to put in or leave out.)
    Highlighted by 19 Kindle customers
  • 'Red blood cells are multiplying by the millions to protect our bodies from the thin air. These new red cells stick around during the rest periods at lower altitudes, making it easier the next time you go up.
    Highlighted by 18 Kindle customers
  • The whole point of a spectacular tag is not the artwork; it's the mystery of how it was done.
    Highlighted by 13 Kindle customers
  • feel a little shame over the way I had been thinking about Sun-jo. Climbing Everest is not a competition. It's life and death.
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  • Being in a camp with over three hundred people is not exactly being alone. But I knew what she meant. You don't have to be alone to feel alone.
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First Sentence edit see section history

MY NAME IS PEAK. Yeah, I know: weird name. But you don't get to pick your name or your parents. (Or a lot of other things in life for that matter).

Table of Contents edit see section history

1. The Assignment
2. The Hook
3. A Couple of Stitches & the Slammer
4. Circling the Drain
5. The Twins
6. Rock Rats
7. Bangkok
8. The Summit Hotel
9. Gear of the Dead
10. Tibet
11. Peak Experience
12. Rock Weasels
13. Gasp
14. Latecomers
15. Gamow Bag
16. ABC
17. Secrets
18. Bear and Bull
19. Camp Four
20. Arrest
21. Family History
22. Unrest
23. Blink
24. Shortcut
25. Camp 3 1/2
26. Camps Five and Six
27. Top of the World
28. Down the Mountainside
29. Denouement

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 3 of 15 in 2009-2010 Iowa Teen Award. (authoritative list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Roland Smith (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. April Ward (Designer)
  2. Kate Harrison (Editor)
  3. Anne Davies (Contributor)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
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Publication Date: May 1, 2007
ISBN: 0545032032
Page Count: 256

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Ages 9-12

This will help your child if he wants to be a mountain climber. It shows how Peak, the main character, never gave up. Lexile is 760, found at http://www.lexile.com/

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