Name: The Summit
ISBN: 9780439411370

Gordon Korman

As Tilt, Perry, Sammi, and Dominic prepare to ascend Mt. Everest, they must deal with low supplies, high altitude, dangerous terrain, government officials, sabotage, and an approaching storm.

The Summit

jess

I thoroughly enjoyed rereading this series. It was a nostalgic trip back and it definitely holds up, but in different ways. Still, I'm happy I reread it; maybe it will sate my Everest deep dive for a while? This book is where Things Get Real, as a storm kicks in high on top of the mountain and half the people there are kids. Everest is a deadly mountain, and this book proves it. 

I know this would never happen as it's a kid's book, but I would have been really interested to see what happened after the series ended.

If anyone wants to know more about Everest - and certainly a happier story - there's the story of the youngest person to summit, Jordan Romero, at thirteen years old, so this story is actually frighteningly plausible. He wrote a book about being the youngest to conquer the Seven Summits, which I'll definitely be picking up. And his record is locked in, because climbing permits have an age restriction of 16 on the Nepal side and 18 in China, so there's no chance of anyone younger summiting Everest. The more you know!