Climbing Everest : how heroes reached Earth's highest peak... / by Gail Herman ; illustrated by Michele Amatrula.

Climbing Everest : how heroes reached Earth's highest peak... / by Gail Herman ; illustrated by Michele Amatrula.

By
: 
Herman, Gail, 1959-

Publication Date
: 
2015

Publication Information
: 
New York : Random House,

Physical Description
: 
92 p. : ill.

Subject Term
: 
Mountaineering -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
 
Mountaineers -- New Zealand -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
 
Mountaineers -- Nepal -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
 
Mountaineers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Series
: 
TOTALLY TRUE ADVENTURES
 
STEPPING STONE BOOKS
 
STEPPING STONE BOOKS.
 
TOTALLY TRUE ADVENTURES!

Additional Contributors
: 
Amatrula, Michele.

Summary
: 
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?

Language
: 
English

ISBN
: 
9780553509861


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