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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

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

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC SMI

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SMI

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SMI

Rodriguez, Cindy

Summary: "On May 6, 1996, dozens of excited climbers set off to scale Mount Everest and to reach the tallest point on Earth. On the morning of May 10, the skies were clear. The summit was in sight. But hours later, a terrible storm hit. Eight climbers died as they became trapped near the peak. What went wrong, and how did the survivors manage to make it back alive? Told through the gripping, full-color...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Library is published by Capstone Press 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.522 ROD

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J796.522 ROD

Conefrey, Mick.

Summary: The first attempt on Everest in 1922 by George Leigh Mallory and a British team is an extraordinary story full of controversy, drama, and incident, populated by a set of larger-than-life characters straight out of an adventure novel. The expedition ended in tragedy when, on their third bid for the top, Mallory's party was hit by an avalanche that left seven men dead. Using diaries, letters, and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 CON

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 CON

Dickmann, Nancy.

Summary: Introduces Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world; describes the first expedition to the top of the mountain completed by Edmund HIllary and Tenzing Norgay; and explains why climbing the mountain is so difficult.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Raintree 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.522 DIC

Coburn, Broughton

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 1997

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 796.522 COB

London, Martha

Summary: "At the border of Nepal and Tibet, climbers try to reach the highest point above sea level. Mount Everest looks at when and how this mountain formed and what the future looks like for the popular climbing peak."--Amazon

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Core, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2021

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J910.202 LON

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