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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

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KRI

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

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OUT

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC OUT

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OUT

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

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ARC

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ARC

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

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC ARC

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