Krishnaswami, Uma

Summary: "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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books 2021

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Summary: Abominable takes audiences on an epic 2,000-mile adventure from the streets of Shanghai to the breathtaking Himalayan snowscapes. When teenage Yi encounters a young Yeti on the roof of her apartment building in Shanghai, she and her mischievous friends, Jin and Peng, name him "Everest" and embark on an epic quest to reunite the magical creature with his family at the highest point on Earth. But...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Outen, Karen

Summary: "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 alloweda goal to consume him. But when his charming older brother, Nate, suggests that they attempt to be the first Black American men to summit...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2024

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Farthing, Harry

Summary: "After eight successful summits, Mount Everest guide Neil Quinn is confident he can handle anything the mountain throws his way. But then disaster strikes steps from the top, leaving him with a lot of questions and a very old swastika-embellished ice axe that should never have been so high on the mountain--not if Everest's meticulously documented history is accurate"--Dust jacket flap.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2016

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Rideout, Tanis.

Summary: A tale inspired by the life and mysterious fate of George Mallory traces the experiences of his wife, Ruth, who in 1924 maintains a hopeful vigil in war-ravaged England during Mallory's fateful third expedition to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Amy Einhorn Books 2013

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Lotz, Sarah

Summary: Desperate to attract subscribers to his fledgling website, ex-adrenaline junkie Simon Newman undertakes two life-risking ventures, one in the notorious Cwm Pot caves and another scaling Everest, that force him to test the limits of his morality and wits in order to survive.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company 2017

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Simmons, Dan

Summary: "A thrilling tale of high-altitude death and survival set on the snowy summits of Mount Everest, from the bestselling author of The Terror. It's 1924 and the race to summit the world's highest mountain has been brought to a terrified pause by the shocking disappearance of George Mallory and Sandy Irvine high on the shoulder of Mt. Everest. By the following year, three climbers -- a British poet...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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Archer, Jeffrey

Summary: George Mallory was an intelligent student who attended Cambridge and served in World War I. He was an individual that wanted to accomplish great tasks that would ensure him a place in history. At age 37, he decided to climb Mt. Everest and was last seen 400 feet from the top. In 1999, his body was discovered, and the question of whether he made it to the top remains a mystery.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2009

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Archer, Jeffrey

Summary: This real-life mountaineering mystery recounts the story of Britain's George Mallory and his attempt to scale Mt. Everest.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2009

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Korman, Gordon.

Summary: The climbing contest to see who will be the youngest person to climb Mount Everest turns into a life-or-death rescue mission.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2002

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Smith, Roland

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

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt, Inc. 2007

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